BESB

BESB

Brazilian Soil Spectral Library (BESB)

VNIR NIR MIR
National — Brazil
15,000+ samples version v.002 CC-BY

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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
VisNIR spectra — CSV (gzip) ossl_visnir_v1.3.csv.gz Download
VisNIR spectra — Parquet ossl_visnir_v1.3.parquet Download

Soil laboratory information

Soil analytical data summary not available for this dataset.

Soil site information

  • coordinates precision: precise, state/province, region
  • sampling depth: top
  • geography: soil taxonomy, landuse, vegetation

MIR

  • Acquisition mode: Not available
  • Intensity: absorbance
  • Original range: 600-4000
  • Standardized range: 600-4000
  • Instrument: Alpha Sample Compartment RTDLaTGS ZnSe
  • Manufacturer: Bruker Optik GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany
  • Scan accessory: Not available
  • Sample preparation: Sieved<2mm, ground
  • Additional info: The sensor has a HeNe laser; A gold reference plate was used as standard

VNIR

  • Acquisition mode: Not available
  • Intensity: reflectance
  • Original range: 350-2500
  • Instrument: FieldSpec 3 Spectroradiometer
  • Manufacturer: Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD, Boulder, CO)
  • Instrument co-scans: 100
  • Scan repeats: 2
  • Scan accessory: Not available
  • Original resolution: 1
  • Sample preparation: Air-dried, Sieved < 2 mm
  • Additional info: The sensor is calibrated using a white Spectralon plate (Lab-sphere, North Sutton, NH, USA) representing a 100% reflectance standard

References

  1. Publication 1
  2. Publication 2
  3. Publication 3