Global Soil Organic Carbon Content at Six Depths, 250m Resolution

1950–2017 soil organic carbon content maps at 250-meter resolution for six standard depths (0-200 cm), predicted from a global compilation of soil points. The dataset was created by Tomislav Hengl and is provided in a Byte data type to reduce file size. Antarctica is not included, and related datasets for soil organic stock and bulk density are also available.

Use Cases

• Modeling global soil carbon stocks based on depth-specific organic carbon content.
• Assessing soil health and fertility for agricultural planning using the 250m resolution maps.
• Integrating soil data into climate models based on the 1950–2017 temporal coverage.
• Validating remote sensing algorithms for soil properties using the laboratory-method-derived predictions.

Strengths

• Provides data for six standard soil depths (0, 10, 30, 60, 100, 200 cm).
• Has a defined spatial resolution of 250 meters.
• Covers a long temporal period from 1950 to 2017.
• Uses Byte data type for reduced file size, facilitating distribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Antarctica is not included, limiting global completeness.
• Row count and exact file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Tomislav Hengl

Collection Method

Predicted from a global compilation of soil points.

Time Range

1950–2017

Geography

Global (excluding Antarctica)