BESB
BESB
Brazilian Soil Spectral Library (BESB)
15,000+ samples
version v.002
CC-BY
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Database access
Data originally provided by:
- Contact: José A.M. Demattê
- Email: jamdemat@usp.br
- Original source: https://zenodo.org/records/8361419
Available files
| Type | Filename | Link |
|---|---|---|
| MIR spectra — CSV (gzip) | ossl_mir_v1.3.csv.gz |
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| MIR spectra — Parquet | ossl_mir_v1.3.parquet |
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| Soil lab measurements — CSV (gzip) | ossl_soillab_v1.3.csv.gz |
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| Soil lab measurements — Parquet | ossl_soillab_v1.3.parquet |
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| Soil site metadata — CSV (gzip) | ossl_soilsite_v1.3.csv.gz |
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| Soil site metadata — Parquet | ossl_soilsite_v1.3.parquet |
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| VisNIR spectra — CSV (gzip) | ossl_visnir_v1.3.csv.gz |
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| VisNIR spectra — Parquet | ossl_visnir_v1.3.parquet |
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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