GPKOR
GPKOR
Near-infrared soil spectral library from Gyeonggi Province, South Korea (GPKOR)
1,000+ samples
version 3
CC-BY
Database access
Data originally provided by:
- Contact: Gayoung Yoo
- Email: gayoo@khu.ac.kr
- Original source: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29380574
Available files
| Type | Filename | Link |
|---|---|---|
| NIR spectra — CSV (gzip) | ossl_nir_v1.3.csv.gz |
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| NIR spectra — Parquet | ossl_nir_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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Map

Soil site information
- Coordinates precision: precise, region
- Sampling depth: top
- Geography: landuse
- Variables available (OSSL): 10 out of 10 — see Database description for full schema
- Populated columns:
id.layer_uuid_txt,id.layer_local_c,loc.region_src_txt,site.land.use_src_txt,site.elevation_src_m,observation.date_src_yyyy.mm.dd,latitude.point_wgs84_dd,longitude.point_wgs84_dd,layer.upper.depth_usda_cm,layer.lower.depth_usda_cm
Soil laboratory information
- Total samples: 1,500
- Properties available (original): 1
- Properties standardized (OSSL): 1 — summarized in Table 1 below
- Categories: carbon & nutrients
- Original source: see Database access
Hover over any OSSL code in the table below to see its full description.
| skim_variable | n_missing | mean | sd | p0 | p25 | p50 | p75 | p100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
oc_iso.10694_w.pctOrganic Carbon, ISO 10694Method: iso.10694Unit: w.pct |
788 | 2.78 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 10.5 |
NIR
- Acquisition mode: Not available
- Intensity: reflectance
- Original range: 1400-2500
- Instrument: SpectraStar XT
- Manufacturer: Unity Scientific, Westborough, MA, USA
- Instrument co-scans: 12
- Scan repeats: 12
- Scan accessory: Not available
- Original resolution: 1 nm
- Sample preparation: Air-dried, Sieved < 2 mm
- Additional info: Equipped with UCal calibration software
NIR plot
