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This directory contains the documentation on Staub and Rosenzweig's Zobler Soil Type, Texture, Surface Slope, and other Properties published in the Global Ecosystems Database:
*STAUB AND ROSENZWEIG SOIL TYPE, TEXTURE, SLOPE_help
Global Ecosystems Database Disc A: Chapter 11
Staub and Rosenzweig Zobler Soil Type, Soil Texture, Surface
Slope, and Other Properties
Soil Type
Associated and Included Soils
Near-Surface Soil Texture
Surface Slope
Soil Phase
Special Codes
Regional Area Codes
DATA-SET DESCRIPTION
Data-Set Name: Staub and Rosenzweig Zobler Soil Type, Soil
Texture, Surface Slope, and Other Properties
Principal Investigator: Leonard Zobler
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Scientific Reference:
Zobler, L. 1986. "A world soil file for global climate
modeling." NASA Technical Memorandum #87802.
SOURCE
Source Data Citation:
Staub, B. and C. Rosenzweig, 1987. Global Digital Data Sets
of Soil Type, Soil Texture, Surface Slope, and Other
Properties. Digital Raster Data on a 1-degree Geographic
(lat/long) 180x360 grid. NCAR, Boulder, Colorado. 0.45 MB.
Contributor:
Dr. Leonard Zobler
Goddard Institute of Space Science
Columbia University
2880 Broadway
New York, NY 10025 USA
Distributor:
NCAR
Vintage:
circa 1980's
Lineage:
(1) Principal Investigator:
Leonard Zobler
Columbia University
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
(2) Reprocessed and edited by:
Brad Staub and Cynthia Rosenzweig
Columbia University
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
ORIGINAL DESIGN
Variables:
Dominant FAO soils and related classes:
(1) Soil Type
(2) Associated and Included Soils
(3) Near-Surface Texture (upper 30cm)
(4) Slope
(5) Phase
(6) Area
(7) Special Codes for missing data and conflicting nominal
classification (land, land-ice, water) between Zobler and
Matthews.
Origin:
Data based on FAO Soils Map of the World (1974), digitized by
Zobler (1986); and Matthews' vegetation data-set (see Matthews'
documentation), with editorial additions and comparisons by Staub
and Rosenzweig.
Geographic Reference:
lat/long
Geographic Coverage:
Global
Maximum Latitude: +90 degrees (N)
Minimum Latitude: -90 degrees (S)
Maximum Longitude: +180 degrees (E)
Minimum Longitude: -180 degrees (W)
Geographic Sampling:
Characteristic classes for 1-degree grid cell areas
Time Period:
Modern period, circa 1960's and 70's
Temporal Sampling:
Modern composite
INTEGRATED DATA-SET
Data-Set Citation:
Staub, B. and C. Rosenzweig. 1992. Global Zobler Soil Type,
Soil Texture, Surface Slope, and Other Properties.
Digital Raster Data on a 1-degree Geographic (lat/long)
180x360 grid. In: Global Ecosystems Database Version
1.0: Disc A. Boulder, CO: NOAA National Geophysical
Data Center. 7 independent single-attribute spatial
layers on CD-ROM, 0.45 MB. [first published in 1986]
Analyst:
Mark Ohrenschall
Projection:
Geographic (lat/long), GED window (see User's Guide).
Spatial Representation:
Characteristic classes for 1-degree grid cell areas
Temporal Representation:
Modern composite
Data Representation:
1-byte integer codes representing characteristic classes
within grid cells; except for Associated and Included Soils,
which is stored as 2-byte integer codes.
Layers and Attributes:
7 independent single-attribute spatial layers
Compressed Data Volume:
48,226 bytes
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES (* reprint on CD-ROM)
+ Staub, Brad and Cynthia Rosenzweig. 1986. "Global Digital
Data Sets of Soil Type, Soil Texture, Surface Slope,
and Other Properties: Documentation of Archived Tape
Data." NASA Technical Memorandum #100685.
Henderson-Sellers, A., M.F. Wilson, G. Thomas, R.E.
Dickinson, 1986. "Current Global Land Surface Data
Sets for Use in Climate-Related Studies." NCAR
Technical Note 272+STR.
Matthews, E., 1983. "Global vegetation and land use: New
high resolution databases for climate studies." Journal
of Climatology and Applied Meteorology, vol. 22,
pp. 474-487.
Matthews, E., 1984. "Vegetation, Land-Use and Seasonal
Albedo Data Sets: Documentation of Archived Data Tape."
NASA Technical Memorandum #86107.
Wilson, M.F. and A. Henderson-Sellers, 1985. "A global
archive of land cover and soils data for use in general
circulation climate models." Journal of Climatology,
vol. 5, pp. 119-143.
DATA FILE DESCRIPTION
DATA ELEMENT: Soil Type
STRUCTURE:
Raster Data Files:1-degree GED 180x360 grid (see User's Guide)
SERIES:
NONE
SPATIAL META-DATA:
SRZSOIL.DOC
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category 3 : 3 JC Calcaric Fluvisols
category 4 : 4 JD Dystric Fluvisols
category 5 : 5 JT Thionic Fluvisols
category 6 : 6 GE Eutric Gleysols
category 7 : 7 GC Calcaric Gleysols
category 8 : 8 GD Dystric Gleysols
category 9 : 9 GM Mollic Gleysols
category 10 : 10 GH Humic Gleysols
category 11 : 11 GP Plinthic Gleysols
category 12 : 12 GX Gelic Gleysols
category 13 : 13 RE Eutric Regosols
category 14 : 14 RC Calcaric Regosols
category 15 : 15 RD Dystic Regosols
category 16 : 16 RX Gelic Regosols
category 17 : 17 I Lithosols
category 18 : 18 KH Haplic Kastanozems
category 19 : 19 KK Calcic Kastanozems
category 20 : 20 KL Luvic Kastanozems
category 21 : 21 CH Haplic Chernozems
category 22 : 22 CK Calcic Chernozems
category 23 : 23 CL Luvic Chernozems
category 24 : 24 CG Glossic Chernozems
category 25 : 25 QC Cambic Arenosols
category 26 : 26 QL Luvic Arenosols
category 27 : 27 QF Ferralic Arenosols
category 28 : 28 QA Albic Arenosols
category 29 : 29 E Rendzinas
category 30 : 30 U Rankers
category 31 : 31 TO Ochric Andosols
category 32 : 32 TM Mollic Andosols
category 33 : 33 TH Humic Andosols
category 34 : 34 TV Vitric Andosols
category 35 : 35 VP Pellic Vertisols
category 36 : 36 VC Chromic Vertisols
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category 40 : 40 HG Gleyic Phaeozems
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category 45 : 45 ZT Takyric Solonchaks
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category 47 : 47 SO Orthic Solonetz
category 48 : 48 SM Mollic Solonetz
category 49 : 49 SG Gleyic Solonetz
category 50 : 50 YH Haplic Yermosols
category 51 : 51 YK Calcic Yermosols
category 52 : 52 YY Gypsic Yermosols
category 53 : 53 YL Luvic Yermosols
category 54 : 54 YT Takyric Yermosols
category 55 : 55 XH Haplic Xerosols
category 56 : 56 XK Calcic Xerosols
category 57 : 57 XY Gypsic Xerosols
category 58 : 58 XL Luvic Xerosols
category 59 : 59 BE Eutric Cambisols
category 60 : 60 BD Dystric Cambisols
category 61 : 61 BH Humic Cambisols
category 62 : 62 BG Gleyic Cambisols
category 63 : 63 BX Gelic Cambisols
category 64 : 64 BK Calcic Cambisols
category 65 : 65 BC Chromic Cambisols
category 66 : 66 BV Vertic Cambisols
category 67 : 67 BF Ferralic Cambisols
category 68 : 68 LO Orthic Luvisols
category 69 : 69 LC Chromic Luvisols
category 70 : 70 LK Calcic Luvisols
category 71 : 71 LV Vertic Luvisols
category 72 : 72 LF Ferric Luvisols
category 73 : 73 LA Albic Luvisols
category 74 : 74 LP Plinthic Luvisols
category 75 : 75 LG Gleyic Luvisols
category 76 : 76 WE Eutric Planosols
category 77 : 77 WD Dystric Planosols
category 78 : 78 WM Mollic Planosols
category 79 : 79 WH Humic Planosols
category 80 : 80 WS Solodic Planosols
category 81 : 81 WX Gelic Planosols
category 82 : 82 OE Eutric Histosols
category 83 : 83 OD Dystric Histosols
category 84 : 84 OX Gelic Histosols
category 85 : 85 DE Eutric Podzoluvisols
category 86 : 86 DD Dystric Podzoluvisols
category 87 : 87 DG Gleyic Podzoluvisols
category 88 : 88 PO Orthic Podzols
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category 90 : 90 PF Ferric Podzols
category 91 : 91 PH Humic Podzols
category 92 : 92 PP Placic Podzols
category 93 : 93 PG Gleyic Podzols
category 94 : 94 FO Orthic Ferralsols
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category104 : 104 AG Gleyic Acrisols
category105 : 105 NE Eutric Nitosols
category106 : 106 ND Dystric Nitosols
category107 : 107 NH Humic Nitosols
comment : first column is category number, second is soil abbri
comment : categories 81 and 90 do not occur
ATTRIBUTE META-DATA:
NONE
NOTES:
(1) first column is category number, second is soil
abbreviation
(2) categories 81 and 90 do not occur
DATA ELEMENT: Associated and Included Soils
STRUCTURE:
Raster Data Files:1-degree GED 180x360 grid (see User's Guide)
SERIES:
NONE
SPATIAL META-DATA:
SRZSUBS.DOC
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Subsidiary Soil Units
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category 14 : 14 BCTV
category 15 : 15 BCV
category 16 : 16 BD
category 17 : 17 BDBH
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category 19 : 19 BDDD
category 20 : 20 BDDDPH
category 21 : 21 BDLOTO
category 22 : 22 BDRD
category 23 : 23 BDTO
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category 27 : 27 BEC
category 28 : 28 BEE
category 29 : 29 BELC
category 30 : 30 BELO
category 31 : 31 BETO
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category 34 : 34 BH
category 35 : 35 BH U
category 36 : 36 BHTV
category 37 : 37 BHU
category 38 : 38 BK
category 39 : 39 BKR
category 40 : 40 BKRC
category 41 : 41 BKX
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category 43 : 43 BVLC
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category 45 : 45 BXDDOD
category 46 : 46 BXRC
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category 48 : 48 DD
category 49 : 49 DDLOTO
category 50 : 50 DDPH
category 51 : 51 DDPL
category 52 : 52 DDRD
category 53 : 53 E
category 54 : 54 E BC
category 55 : 55 FHNETO
category 56 : 56 FO
category 57 : 57 FOFX
category 58 : 58 FOLF
category 59 : 59 FOND
category 60 : 60 FP
category 61 : 61 GE
category 62 : 62 GX
category 63 : 63 GXRX
category 64 : 64 HH
category 65 : 65 HL
category 66 : 66 HLKL
category 67 : 67 JCXK
category 68 : 68 K E
category 69 : 69 K
category 70 : 70 K U
category 71 : 71 KH
category 72 : 72 KHJ
category 73 : 73 KHU
category 74 : 74 KL
category 75 : 75 L
category 76 : 76 L RE
category 77 : 77 L Q
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category 79 : 79 LABD
category 80 : 80 LC
category 81 : 81 LCE
category 82 : 82 LCRE
category 83 : 83 LCX
category 84 : 84 LF
category 85 : 85 LFNE
category 86 : 86 LFRD
category 87 : 87 LFRE
category 88 : 88 LG
category 89 : 89 LGRE
category 90 : 90 LK
category 91 : 91 LO
category 92 : 92 LOBC
category 93 : 93 MO
category 94 : 94 NE
category 95 : 95 OEPH
category 96 : 96 OEPHU
category 97 : 97 PHU
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category 99 : 99 POBD
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category117 : 117 RERX
category118 : 118 REXK
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category134 : 134 XK
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category278 : 278 98
comment : no data are provided for water areas or Antarctica
comment : first column is category number, remaining are codes
comment : categories are unique permutations of codes
ATTRIBUTE META-DATA:
NONE
NOTES:
(1) no data are provided for water areas or Antarctica
(2) first column is category number, remaining are codes
(3) categories are unique permutations of codes
DATA ELEMENT: Near-Surface Soil Texture
STRUCTURE:
Raster Data Files:1-degree GED 180x360 grid (see User's Guide)
SERIES:
NONE
SPATIAL META-DATA:
SRZTEXT.DOC
file title : Staub and Rosenzweig Zobler Near-Surface Soil
Texture
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category 0 : 0 Water
category 1 : 1 COR Coarse
category 2 : 2 MED Medium
category 3 : 3 FIN Fine
category 4 : 4 CM Coarse-medium
category 5 : 5 CF Coarse-fine
category 6 : 6 MF Medium-fine
category 7 : 7 CMF Coarse-medium-fine
category 8 : 8 ORG organic
category 9 : 9 LI Land Ice
ATTRIBUTE META-DATA:
NONE
NOTES:
DATA ELEMENT: Surface Slope
STRUCTURE:
Raster Data Files:1-degree GED 180x360 grid (see User's Guide)
SERIES:
NONE
SPATIAL META-DATA:
SRZSLOP.DOC
file title : Staub and Rosenzweig Zobler Soil Unit Surface Slope
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category 0 : 0 Water
category 1 : Class 1 0-8%
category 2 : Class 2 8-30%
category 3 : Class 3 > 30%
category 4 : Class 4 0-30%
category 5 : Class 5 0-8% > 30%
category 6 : Class 6 8-30% > 30%
category 7 : Class 7 0-8% 8-30% > 30%
category 8 : 8 Not Used
category 9 : 9 Land-Ice
ATTRIBUTE META-DATA:
NONE
NOTES:
DATA ELEMENT: Soil Phase
STRUCTURE:
Raster Data Files:1-degree GED 180x360 grid (see User's Guide)
SERIES:
NONE
SPATIAL META-DATA:
SRZPHAS.DOC
file title : Staub and Rosenzweig Zobler Soil Phase Codes
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value error : unknown
flag value : none
flag def'n : none
legend cats : 87
category 0 : 0
category 1 : 1 Blank
category 2 : 2 St G stony; glacier (i.e.; land-ice)
category 3 : 3 St Pf stony; permafrost
category 4 : 4 St So stony; sodic
category 5 : 5 St IP stony; intermittent permafrost
category 6 : 6 St Pf G stony; permafrost glacier (land-ice)
category 7 : 7 St Pf Po stony; permafrost ponded
category 8 : 8 St Po stony; ponded
category 9 : 9 St L stony; lithic
category 10 : 10 St Pg stony; petrogypsic
category 11 : 11 St RD stony; rock debris
category 12 : 12 St ? stony; 27
category 13 : 13 St IP G stony; intermittent permafrost glacier
(i.e.; land-ice)
category 14 : 14 St DS stony; dunes; sand
category 15 : 15 St D stony; duripan
category 16 : 16 St D Po stony; duripan ponded
category 17 : 17 St C stony; cerrado
category 18 : 18 St L Pc stony; lithic petrocalcic
category 19 : 19 St Sa stony; saline
category 20 : 20 St Ph stony; phreactic
category 21 : 21 St Pc stony; petrocalcic
category 22 : 22 St stony
category 23 : 23 Ph phreactic
category 24 : 24 Ph Pf phreactic; permafrost
category 25 : 25 Ph Po phreactic; ponded
category 26 : 26 C cerrado
category 27 : 27 So Po sodic; ponded
category 28 : 28 So DS sodic; dunes, sand
category 29 : 29 So sodic
category 30 : 30 L So lithic; sodic
category 31 : 31 L Pf lithic; petroferric
category 32 : 32 L Pf RD G lithic; permafrost; rock debris;
glacier (i.e., land-ice)
category 33 : 33 L Pf lithic; permafrost
category 34 : 34 L Pf RD lithic; permafrost; rock debris
category 35 : 35 L Sa lithic; saline
category 36 : 36 L Pf Po lithic; permafrost; ponded
category 37 : 37 L P lithic; petric
category 38 : 38 L Po lithic; ponded
category 39 : 39 L IP lithic; intermittent permafrost
category 40 : 40 L lithic
category 41 : 41 L RD lithic; rock debris
category 42 : 42 Pf Po permafrost; ponded
category 43 : 43 Pf permafrost
category 44 : 44 Pf G permafrost; glacier (i.e., land-ice)
category 45 : 45 IP Po intermittent permafrost; ponded
category 46 : 46 IP intermittent permafrost
category 47 : 47 IP G intermittent permafrost; glacier (land-ice)
category 48 : 48 G glacier (i.e., land-ice)
category 49 : 49 G St Pf glacier (i.e., land-ice); stony; permafrost
category 50 : 50 G Pf glacier (i.e., land-ice); permafrost
category 51 : 51 G RD L Pf glacier (i.e., land-ice); rock debris;
lithic; permafrost
category 52 : 52 G L Pf glacier (land-ice); lithic; permafrost
category 53 : 53 G L RD Pf glacier (i.e., land-ice); lithic; rock
debris; permafrost
category 54 : 54 G RD Pf glacier (land-ice); rk debris; permafrost
category 55 : 55 Po DS ponded; dunes, sand
category 56 : 56 Po ponded
category 57 : 57 Po RD ponded; rock debris
category 58 : 58 DS dunes, sand
category 59 : 59 DS L dunes, sand; lithic
category 60 : 60 RD St rock debris; stony
category 61 : 61 RD Pc St rock debris; petrocalcic; stony
category 62 : 62 RD G rock debris; glacier (i.e., land-ice)
category 63 : 63 RD St DS rock debris; stony; dunes, sand
category 64 : 64 RD rock debris
category 65 : 65 RD DS rock debris; dunes, sand
category 66 : 66 RD St ? rock debris; stony; 27
category 67 : 67 RD DS St rock debris; dunes, sand; stony
category 68 : 68 ? 27
category 69 : 69 P Po petric; ponded
category 70 : 70 P C petric; cerrado
category 71 : 71 P petric
category 72 : 72 Pf Po petroferric; ponded
category 73 : 73 Pf petroferric
category 74 : 74 Pc Po petrocalcic; ponded
category 75 : 75 Pc petrocalcic
category 76 : 76 Pg petrogypsic
category 77 : 77 Pg Po petrogypsic; ponded
category 78 : 78 F fragipan
category 79 : 79 D duripan
category 80 : 80 D Po duripan; ponded
category 81 : 81 Sa ? saline; 27
category 82 : 82 Sa DS saline; dunes, sand
category 83 : 83 Sa saline
category 84 : 84 Sa Po saline; ponded
category 85 : 85 Sa So saline; sodic
category 86 : 86 Sa RD saline; rock debris
comment : no data are provided for water areas or Antarctica
comment : category 1 indicates records filled with spaces in
comment : the source file categories are unique permutations of
comment : phase codes (e.g., 63, 67)Code 27 is undocumented
ATTRIBUTE META-DATA:
NONE
NOTES:
(1) no data are provided for water areas or Antarctica
(2) category 1 indicates records filled with spaces in the
source file
(3) categories are unique permutations of phase codes
(e.g., 63, 67)
(4) Code 27 is undocumented
DATA ELEMENT: Special Codes
STRUCTURE:
Raster Data Files:1-degree GED 180x360 grid (see User's Guide)
SERIES:
NONE
SPATIAL META-DATA:
SRZCODE.DOC
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flag value : none
flag def'n : none
legend cats : 12
category 0 : 0
category 1 : 1 Blank
category 2 : 2 33 Land cell not present on FAO map;
classified as soil; SU,TEX, and SLP fields filled in
category 3 : 3 44 Land cell not present on FAO map;
classified as land-ice
category 4 : 4 55 88
category 5 : 5 55 Cell classified as soil by Zobler, and
as land-ice by Matthews
category 6 : 6 66 Cell classified as land-ice by Zobler,
and as vegetation (soil implied) by Matthews
category 7 : 7 77 88
category 8 : 8 77 Slope information missing; SLP field filled in
category 9 : 9 88 Texture information missing;TEX field filled in
category 10 : 10 88 77
category 11 : 11 99 No soil information present on the map;
SU, TEX, and SLP fields filled in
comment : no data are provided for water areas or Antarctica
comment : category 1 indicates records filled with spaces in
comment : source file
comment : categories are unique permutations of codes
comment : first column is category number, remaining columns
comment : are codes
ATTRIBUTE META-DATA:
NONE
NOTES:
(1) no data are provided for water areas or Antarctica
(2) category 1 indicates records filled with spaces in the
source file
(3) categories are unique permutations of codes
(4) first column is category number, remaining columns are
codes
DATA ELEMENT: Regional Area Codes
STRUCTURE:
Raster Data Files:1-degree GED 180x360 grid (see User'sGuide)
SERIES:
NONE
SPATIAL META-DATA:
SRZAREA.DOC
file title : Staub and Rosenzweig Zobler Area Codes
data type : byte
file type : binary
columns : 360
rows : 180
ref. system : lat/long
ref. units : deg
unit dist. : 1.0000000
min. X : -180.0000000
max. X : 180.0000000
min. Y : -90.0000000
max. Y : 90.0000000
pos'n error : unknown
resolution : 1.0000000
min. value : 0
max. value : 8
value units : geographic area codes
value error : unknown
flag value : none
flag def'n : none
legend cats : 9
category 0 : 0
category 1 : 1 AFR Africa
category 2 : 2 AUS Australia, South Pacific
category 3 : 3 EUR Europe
category 4 : 4 NAM North America
category 5 : 5 NCA North Central Asia
category 6 : 6 SAM South America
category 7 : 7 SAS Southern Asia
category 8 : 8 SEA South East Asia
comment : no data are provided for water areas or Antarctica
comment : first column is category number, second column is
comment : code
ATTRIBUTE META-DATA:
NONE
NOTES:
(1) no data are provided for water areas or Antarctica
(2) first column is category number, second column is code
TECHNICAL REPORT
Mark A. Ohrenschall
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
Boulder, CO
The Zobler data was in a lat/long projection on a one-degree grid
that was compatible with the GED conventions. The source data
consisted of four ASCII files, which were read and converted to
raster data files in the GED format. The first three of these
files (SOIL.USER, TEX.USER, AND SLP.USER) presented no problems
in representing the numerical values exactly. The fourth file
(SOILWRLD), however, contained character string data rather than
numerical codes. In the GED (IDRISI 4.0) data structure, these
must be represented as numerical values linked to the character
information as a legend or values file. The following method was
employed to translate this file:
A program was written to read SOILWRLD and tabulate each unique
occurrence of a character string for each parameter field,
creating a look-up table. Numerical codes were assigned to each
unique string in the look-up tables, which were then used to re-
class the SOILWRLD file.
Other than assigning codes to the SOILWRLD data, no other changes
were made in the original data values. All final data files were
inspected for agreement with the original data.
*STAUB AND ROSENZWEIG SOIL TYPE, TEXTURE, SLOPE
ANCILLARY ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
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Associated and Included Soils #\data\ncillary\srzsubs.img
Near-Surface Soil Texture #\data\ncillary\srztext.img
Surface Slope #\data\ncillary\srzslop.img
Soil Phase #\data\ncillary\srzphas.img
Special Codes #\data\ncillary\srzcode.img
Area Codes #\data\ncillary\srzarea.img
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*SRZ SCANNED DOCUMENTATION_help
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2. After selecting "File" select "Open Data" from the options that
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4. When the hierarchy leads you to a topic "Scanned Documentation"
merely select that topic. The next topic should read "Page 1, Page
2,... etc." or "Paper 1 Page 1, Paper 1 Page 2, .... Paper 2 Page
1.... etc. You can select the pages manually, or create a "slide
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is a "feature" of current versions of GeoVu that might be improved
in the future. If you redisplay the image (by selecting "Search"
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sampling rate from "n" [usually 2, 3, 4, or 5] to 1). This will
give you full resolution display of the scanned documentation.
It should be noted that this scanned documentation is a compromise.
We originally attempted to use optical character recognition
software to convert the scanned documentation to more usable text.
However, the technology was too immature at the time of scanning
(1992) to use successfully. Indeed, as of this writing (late 1995)
the technology is still too immature for convenient application to
this problem.
Thus, we present the scanned documentation as images.
NOTE: Many of the original documents are not copyright, and may be
reproduced freely. However, several other documents ARE copyright.
The National Geophysical Data Center has obtained permission to
reproduce all documents with a valid copyright. However, this
permission does not pass automatically to anyone else. Thus, though
all of the data on this CD-ROM are unrestricted, much of the
scanned documentation (which contains copyright notices) may not be
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have been determined to be meritless.)
*SRZ SCANNED DOCUMENTATION
STAUB AND ROSENZWEIG SOIL TYPE, TEXTURE, SLOPE
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