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    • Global Distribution of Root Profiles in Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    Rooting depths were estimated from a global database of root profiles assembled from the primary literature to study relationships of abiotic and biotic factors associated with belowground vegetation structure. For each root profile, information recorded includes latitude and longitude, elevation, soil texture, depth of organic horizons, type of roots measured (e.g., fine or total, live or dead), sampling methods, units of measurements (root mass, length, number, surface area), and sampling depth.

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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 September 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2761763803-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2003-04-09
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-09-05
    Category Vegetation, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Schenk, H.J., and R.B. Jackson. 2003. Global Distribution of Root Profiles in Terrestrial Ecosystems. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/660
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    Graphic Preview File https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/vegetation_logo_square.png
    Harvest Object Id 170952a1-46cf-48d2-a47d-320b78ec0989
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/660
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -157.0 -46.0 176.0 76.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash d6a940fc2d745a92d318c3a76bbe7b2f406592d4d4fcce57b60d4aa9e320b5f5
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z/2000-12-31T23:59:59Z

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