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    • Global Distribution of Root Profiles in Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Metadata Updated: August 30, 2025

    Rooting depths were estimated from a global database of root profiles that was assembled from the primary literature to study relationships of abiotic and biotic factors associated with belowground vegetation structure. Variables used to characterize belowground vegetation structure include the depths above which 50% of all roots and 95% of all roots are located in the profile. 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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    Dates

    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/660
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-27
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 5ea808c8-be71-46ef-9773-34df938e4235
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=root_profiles_660&ac=true
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-157.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":76.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":176.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-46.0},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 41dee62bfa3c2a0943f8c98f18aa7bef5f0a6bfb7733f4623b2bd5752b45b9ab
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1925-01-01/1925-01-01

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