ICRAF-ISRIC Soil VNIR Spectral Library

The ICRAF-ISRIC Soil VNIR Spectral Library contains visible near infrared spectra of 785 soil profiles (4,438 samples) soils selected from the Soil Information System of the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC). The samples consist of all physically archived samples at ISRIC in 2004 for which soil attribute data was available. The spectra were measured at the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) Soil and Plant Spectral Diagnostic Laboratory. The samples are from 58 countries spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Associated attribute data, such as geographical coordinates, horizon (depth), and physical and chemical properties, are provided as separate tables. Using different methods for linking related files as explained in the pdf document accompanying this dataset (0ICRAF-ISRICSoilVNIRSpectralLibrary.pdf), the visNIR spectra can be linked with all tables holding both physical and chemical properties.

Dataset’s Files

0ICRAF-ISRICSoilVNIRSpectralLibrary.pdf
MD5: 1e0015be8afcceb8a454b848d7f3e120


ASD Spectra.tab
MD5: 628f4d48619021876be904266b0cc7b6


Chemical_properties.tab
MD5: c90fd44417622d960af4b2ce177abd2b


Classification_key.tab
MD5: be561fa8fcaf824c7aaa652b80903605


Classification.tab
MD5: 8f14633fded8eae218d62a089dbb713d


Terms of use
This dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY-4.0). The license allows you, the user, to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and/or transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
Creative Commons License.
Authors

World Agroforestry (ICRAF); International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC)

Keywords

soil, soil chemistry, soil classification, soil structure, soil temperature, soil texture, remote sensing, satellite imagery, visible and near-infrared, spectral library, earth science

Publisher

ICRAF Soil and Land Health Theme

Publication date

18 Jul 2021

DOI

https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/MFHA9C