Africa Soil Classification by Zobler
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NBId0025_101
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Summary
New-ID: NBI25 Africa ZOBLER Soil Type, Soil Texture, Surface Slope Classes Dataset Documentation Files: AFZSOILS.IMG Code: 100090-001 AFZTEX.IMG 100090-002 AFZSUBSD.IMG 100090-003 AFZSP3.IMG 100090-004 AFZPHS.IMG 100090-005 AFZSLOPE.IMG 100092-001 Raster Members The IMG ... files are in IDRISI format The Zobler soil type, soil texture and surface slope dataset was developed by the World Data Center-A (WDC-A) for Solid Earth Geophysics, operated by the U.S. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC). The dataset is part of the World Data Bank II provided on a diskette called The Global Change Data Base. The Data Bank II is part of a larger project called Global Ecosystems Database Project. This is a cooperation between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NGDC and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The National Center for Geographic Information and Analyses (NCGIA) in Santa Barbara, California joined the project to assist with training and evaluation. A nominal 10 arc-minute scale was chosen to provide compatibility with other scales and because this corresponds closely with the resolution of global AVHRR coverage. All data are provided in geographic (longitude/latitude) projection. The dataset is accompanied by an ASCII documentation file which contains information necessary for use of the dataset in a GIS or other software. Contact : NGDC, 325 Broadway E/GC, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA The AFZSOILS file shows Zobler soil types The AFZTEX file shows Zobler soil texture The AFZSUBSD file shows subsidiary soil units The AFZSP3 file shows Zobler special codes The AFZPHS file shows Zobler phase codes The AFZSLOPE file shows Zobler surface slope References: FAO. FAO-UNESCO Soil Map of the World (1974). Scale 1:5000000. UNESCO, Paris. Staub, Brad and Cynthia Rosenzweig. Global Digital Data Sets of Soil Type, Soil Texture, Surface Slope, and other properties: Documentation of Archived Tape Data. NASA Technical Memorandum No.100685. Henderson-Sellers, A., M.F. Wilson, G. Thomas, R.E. Dickinson. Current Global Land Surface Data Sets for Use in Climate-Related Studies. (1986). Matthews, E. Global vegetation and land use: New high resolution data bases for climate studies (1983). J. Clim. Appl. Meteor., vol.22, pp.474-487. -----. Vegetation, Land-use and Seasonal Albedo Data Sets: Documentation of Archived Data Tape (1984). NASA Technical Memorandum. No.86107. Wilson. M.F. and A. Henderson-Sellers. A global archive of land cover and soils data for use in general circulation climate models (1985). Journal of Climatology, vol.5, pp.119-143. Source map : various Publication Date : 1987 Projection : Lat/lon Type : Raster Format : IDRISI
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N: 40.0 |
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S: -45.0 |
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E: 60.0 |
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W: -30.0 |
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Last DIF Revision Date:
2005-03-23
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