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    • A Global Database of Gas Fluxes from Soils after Rewetting or Thawing, Version 1.0

    Metadata Updated: August 30, 2025

    This database contains information compiled from published studies on gas flux from soil following rewetting or thawing. The resulting database includes 222 field and laboratory observations focused on rewetting of dry soils, and 116 field laboratory observations focused on thawing of frozen soils studies conducted from 1956 to 2010. Fluxes of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, nitrogen oxide, and ammonia (CO2, CH4, N2O, NO and NH3) were compiled from the literature and the flux rates were normalized for ease of comparison. Field observations of gas flux following rewetting of dry soils include events caused by natural rainfall, simulated rainfall in natural ecosystems, and irrigation in agricultural lands. Similarly, thawing of frozen soils include field observations of natural thawing, simulated freezing-thawing events (i.e., thawing of simulated frozen soil by snow removal), and thawing of seasonal ice in temperate and high latitude regions (Kim et al., 2012). Reported parameters include experiment type, location, site type, vegetation, climate, soil properties, rainfall, soil moisture, soil gas flux after wetting and thawing, peak soil gas flux properties, and the corresponding study references. There is one comma-delimited data file.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1078
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-27
    Category Earth Science
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    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=Global_RTSG_Flux_1078&ac=true
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-149.633,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":74.5,"EastBoundingCoordinate":160.525,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-36.45},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3bec5d1c302e5fb06c10ae4827df49d07578e7eedf2e1995076369139a5cbe96
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1956-01-01/1956-01-01

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