AFSIS2

AFSIS2

Soil spectral library from Africa Soil Information Service Phase II (AFSIS2)

VNIR NIR MIR
Continental — Africa
<1,000 samples first release (v1) CC-BY

Map

Database access

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Available files

Type Filename Link
MIR spectra — CSV (gzip) ossl_mir_v1.3.csv.gz Download
MIR spectra — Parquet ossl_mir_v1.3.parquet Download
Soil lab measurements — CSV (gzip) ossl_soillab_v1.3.csv.gz Download
Soil lab measurements — Parquet ossl_soillab_v1.3.parquet Download
Soil site metadata — CSV (gzip) ossl_soilsite_v1.3.csv.gz Download
Soil site metadata — Parquet ossl_soilsite_v1.3.parquet Download

Soil laboratory information

Summary statistics for soil properties in this dataset, sourced from the ossl-imports README.

skim_variable n_missing mean sd p0 p25 p50 p75 p100
ph.h2o_usda.a268_index 11 6.31 0.80 4.10 5.80 6.34 6.76 8.72
al.ext_usda.a1056_mg.kg 1 766.22 321.64 18.00 521.25 769.50 956.00 1851.00
b.ext_mel3_mg.kg 526 1.79 0.70 0.30 1.00 2.00 2.00 4.00
ca.ext_usda.a1059_mg.kg 1 1484.03 1801.00 12.00 404.00 858.50 1961.50 21565.00
cu.ext_usda.a1063_mg.kg 15 2.22 2.41 0.03 0.53 1.40 3.16 18.19
fe.ext_usda.a1064_mg.kg 1 123.62 77.15 13.20 78.10 103.05 145.65 578.00
k.ext_usda.a1065_mg.kg 2 280.76 426.69 5.00 51.00 125.00 316.00 3600.00
mg.ext_usda.a1066_mg.kg 1 304.29 365.74 2.00 89.00 190.00 368.75 3241.00
mn.ext_usda.a1067_mg.kg 1 154.51 120.37 0.70 58.70 129.55 225.90 741.10
s.ext_mel3_mg.kg 9 8.57 18.51 1.00 3.00 5.00 8.00 266.00
zn.ext_usda.a1073_mg.kg 29 1.79 3.17 0.06 0.40 0.90 2.10 48.79
n.tot_usda.a623_w.pct 0 0.10 0.08 0.01 0.05 0.08 0.13 0.53
c.tot_usda.a622_w.pct 0 1.28 1.04 0.10 0.58 0.99 1.66 7.15
oc_usda.c1059_w.pct 0 1.26 1.01 0.10 0.58 0.99 1.62 7.09

Soil site information

  • coordinates precision: precise, country
  • sampling depth: various
  • geography: soil taxonomy, landuse

MIR

  • Acquisition mode: Not available
  • Intensity: absorbance
  • Original range: 602-4000
  • Standardized range: 600-4000
  • Instrument: Tensor 27 & Alpha I ZnSe
  • Manufacturer: Bruker Optics
  • Scan accessory: Not available
  • Sample preparation: Finely ground <0.1 mm
  • Additional info: Not available

MIR plot

References

  1. Publication 1
  2. Publication 2