About the Map: The Global Soil Temperature Regimes map is based on an interpolation of over 20,000 climatic stations that were input into a soil water balance model to estimate soil temperature regimes.
Possible Uses of the Map: Useful for teachers and students who are interested in the global distribution of major soil climate types. Climate change modelers may be able to use the data for small scale analysis.
Data
Source: Soil climate regions map, USDA-NRCS, Soil and Plant Science Division, Washington D.C.
Data Aggregation and Reliability: The Soil Temperature Regimes map data is rasterized on a 2 minute grid cell.
Data Definitions: Data is classes by soil temperature regime.
Data Disclaimer: Country boundaries are not authoritative.
Database Manager: Paul Reich, Geographer, World Soil Resources. Email: paul.reich@usda.gov
