Mineral Soils

File naming protocol is CVVL_mM or CVVL_ave for average soils. C is soil component type (m for mineral soils), VV the variable name and M the mode.

The scaling factor is the factor by which the data were multiplied before they were put into the files. To get the values back into the units described in the file header, you need to divide the values in the files by the scaling factor.

For example, bulk density is given in units of grams per cubic cm and has a scaling factor of 100. This means that a value in the file of 135 is actually 0.135 g/cm**3.

The units are given in standard format, i.e. km = kilometers, g = grams etc

The files are described below by the corresponding variable name. All files are approximately 33.6 kbytes, except the README which is 2 kbytes.

README.MIN

ma

Absolute areal coverage of mineral soil component within a modal or average soil.
Units: [km**2]
Scaling factor: 1

Files Available:

ma_ave    
ma_m1       ma_m2       ma_m3       ma_m4

map

Percent areal coverage of mineral soil component within a modal or average soil.
Units: [%]
Scaling factor: 1

Files Available:

map_ave
map_m1      map_m2      map_m3      map_m4

mbd

Bulk density of the mineral soil component.
Layers: 1 and 2
Units: [g/cm**3]
Scaling factor: 100

Files Available:

mbd1_ave    mbd2_ave
mbd1_m1     mbd1_m2     mbd1_m3     mbd1_m4
mbd2_m1     mbd2_m2     mbd2_m3     mbd2_m4

msa, msi, and mcl

Texture: Percent sand, silt, clay of the mineral portion of the mineral soil.
Layers: 1,2
Units: [% by weight]
Scaling factor: 1

Files Available:

Sand

msa1_ave    msa2_ave
msa1_m1     msa1_m2     msa1_m3     msa1_m4
msa2_m1     msa2_m2     msa2_m3     msa2_m4

Silt

msi1_ave    msi2_ave
msi1_m1     msi1_m2     msi1_m3     msi1_m4
msi2_m1     msi2_m2     msi2_m3     msi2_m4

Clay

mcl1_ave    mcl2_ave
mcl1_m1     mcl1_m2     mcl1_m3     mcl1_m4
mcl2_m1     mcl2_m2     mcl2_m3     mcl2_m4

moc

Texture: Percent organic matter of the total (mineral and organic) of the mineral soil.
Layer: 1
Units: [%]
Scaling factor: 100

Files Available:

moc1_ave
moc1_m1     moc1_m2     moc1_m3     moc1_m4

mrf

Rock fragments.
Layers: 1 and 2
Units: [% by volume]
Scaling factor: 1

Files Available:

mrf1_ave    mrf2_ave
mrf1_m1     mrf1_m2     mrf1_m3     mrf1_m4
mrf2_m1     mrf2_m2     mrf2_m3     mrf2_m4

mwh

Water holding capacity.
Layers: 1 and 2
Units: [cm H2O]
Scaling factor: 10

Files Available:

mwh1_ave    mwh2_ave
mwh1_m1     mwh1_m2     mwh1_m3     mwh1_m4
mwh2_m1     mwh2_m2     mwh2_m3     mwh2_m4

mz

Soil depth for mineral soils.
Units: [cm]
Scaling factor: 1

Files Available:

mz_ave
mz_m1       mz_m2       mz_m3       mz_m4

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