NPP Grassland Site Information, September 2001
                     Table 2.  Field Site Elevation, Climate and Soils   

                   Elevation    Precip     Min. Temp.      Max. Temp.    Soil type 
Site Name            m           mm          C               C           (FAO or USDA class)

ALE                390          174        -14.7 (Jan)     40.4 (Jul)    silty loam mollisol
Badkhyz            700          266        -15.0 (Jan?)    40.2 (???)    serozem, light loam
Beacon Hill        205          858          1.3 (Feb)     21.8 (Jul)    chalky humic
Bison              987          395         -9.4 (Jan)     28.9 (Jul)    cobbly silt loam mollisol
Bridger            2340        900/349 **  -10.6 (Jan)     29.8 (Jul)    silty loam mollisol       **
CPER Pawnee        1625         310        -10.9 (Jan)     30.6 (Jul)    sandy loam
Calabozo           98           1257        21.3 (Jan)     35.3 (Mar)    ultisol/ oxisol
Canas              45           1926        21.8 (Oct)     34.1 (May)    silty clay loam
Charleville        304          489          2.1 (Jun)     33.6 (Jan)    sandy red earth
Cottonwood         744          c. 400      N/A             N/A          silty clay loam mollisol
Dickinson          784          422        -17.8 (Jan)     28.5 (Jul)    loamy sand mollisol
Dzhanybek          20           274        -20.7 (Jan?)    29.7 (???)    heavy light-chestnut
Hardangervidda     1275-1320    ?           N/A             N/A           N/A
Hays               714          610         -9.5 (Jan)     33.6 (Jul)    loamy mollisol
Jornada            1350         262         -6.4 (Jan)     35.2 (Jul)    loamy sand aridisol
Khomutov           75           441         -4.1 (Dec)     30.0 (Jul)    chernozem/ vermiboroll
Klong Hoi Khong    30           1540        21.5 (Jan)     31.2 (Mar)    humic gley
Konza Prairie      400          818        -10.2 (Feb)     36.5 (Aug)    clay loam
Kursk              250          560        -12.6 (Jan)     24.7 (Jul)    chernozem/ haplaboroll
Kurukshetra        247          715          6.6 (Jan)     40.6 (Jun)    loamy calcareous
Lamto              300          1170        21.5 (Jan)     36.0 (Feb)    ferruginous hydromorphic pseudogley
Matador            676          350         N/A             N/A          brown clay, well-drained 
Media Luna         630          374         -7.0 (Jul)     18.1 (Jan)    sandy
Montecillo         2240         590          1.4 (Jan)     26.9 (May)    solonet/ entisol
Nairobi            1600         680         10.8 (Jul)     28.5 (Mar)    black clay grumsolic vertisol
Nylsvley           1100         623          4.0 (Jun)     29.2 (Dec)    ustoxic quartzipsamment
Olokemeji          100          1232        19.3 (Jan)     35.7 (Feb)    silty clay loam
Osage              392          916         -6.2 (Jan)     33.7 (Jul)    silty clay mollisol
Otradnoe No.1      50           543         -9.2 (Feb)     26.3 (Jul)    soddy-podzolic, loamy
Otradnoe No.2      50           543        -12.6 (Feb)     22.2 (Jul)    soddy-podzolic, sandy
Pampa de Leman     400          c. 150      N/A             N/A          typic haplargids 
Pantex             1075         515         -5.8 (Jan)     33.4 (Jul)    silty clay loam mollisol
Rio Mayo           500          136          2.0 (Jul)     14.0 (Jan)    stony, coarse texture, hard pan  
Salado             N/A          900         N/A             N/A           N/A
Shortandy          367          351        -24.6 (Jan)     27.2 (Jul)    calciboroll/ calciustosol
Towoomba           N/A          629          3.7 (Jul)     29.5 (Jan)    rhodic vertisol
Tullgarnsnaset     0            560         N/A             N/A          heavy clay
Tumentsogt         1100         280        -23.0 (Jan)     27.5 (Jul)    dark chestnut mollisol
Tumugi             191          411        -24.6 (Jan)     28.4 (Jul)    chernozem/ dark chestnut mollisol 
Tuva               800          214        -39.2 (Jan)     26.7 (Jul)    haplustosol/ calciustosol
Vindhyan           278          298         14.5 (Jan)     41.7 (Apr)    sandy loam, reddish/dark grey residual ultisol  
Xilingol           1200         360        -30.0 (Jan)     25.7 (Jul)    dark chestnut, coarse texture 

** N.B. there is considerable discrepancy between annual rainfall estimated for this study site (900 mm)
in Sims et al. (1978) and the data from the nearest weather station (349 mm)