Computer simulation models have recently become more common and acceptable for impact assessment studies and for supporting policy decisions at different temporal and spatial scales. However, for application of these models detailed data bases are required that cover large regional areas. Unfortunately, this information is rarely available. The International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC) has been developing a detailed global soil profile database entitled "World Inventory of Soil Emission Potentials (WISE)", and its version 1.1 included 4,382 soil profiles. To use these in crop model applications, Universities of Georgia (Gerrit Hoogenboom, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and Florida (Consuelo C. Romero and Arjan J. Gijsman), in collaboration with HarvestChoice/IFPRI (Jawoo Koo and Stanley Wood), converted the physical and chemical properties of the soil profiles to the DSSAT Crop Systems Model format. After rigorous quality control efforts and the estimation of missing data, the team was able to successfully convert 3,404 soil profiles in DSSAT-compatible format. As a next step, the team is also planning to expand the work on the WISE 3.1 (which contains 10,250 soil profiles).
Download
- Data: https://harvestchoice.wufoo.com/forms/download-wisol
- Report: https://hc.box.net/shared/2dz42b8vha
- ISRIC WISE 1.1 Documentation: http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/Docs/ISRIC_Report_2002_01.pdf
Preview
- Click the soil profile cluster (number indicates the number of soil profiles in each cluster) and zoom into it until the locations of individual soil profiles is shown.
- Some soil profiles are reported on the same location; their profile information will be shown together.
