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SGP97 Sub-Surface: PSU Soil Properties Data (Bulk Density)

Metadata Updated: December 2, 2025

The Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP97) Hydrology Experiment originated from an interdisciplinary investigation, "Soil Moisture Mapping at Satellite Temporal and Spatial Scales" (PI: Thomas J. Jackson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD) selected under the NASA Research Announcement 95-MTPE-03. The region selected for investigation is the best instrumented site for surface soil moisture, hydrology and meteorology in the world. This includes the USDA/ARS Little Washita Watershed, the USDA/ARS facility at El Reno, Oklahoma, the ARM/CART central facility, as well as the Oklahoma Mesonet. The temporal coverage for this dataset is as follows: Begin datetime: 1997-06-01 00:00:00, End datetime: 1997-07-31 23:59:59. Using the volume extracted and the dry weight of the soil extracted, the bulk density was computed; the results obtained from sampling the soil surface layer (0-5 cm) bulk density are provided, and files are all ASCII text. This data set was developed by the EOS IDS Team at Penn State for the Southern Great Plains 1997 (SGP-97) project. The following data coverages are available: DEM, Landcover and Landuse, Gauge Stations, Available Water Capacity, Bulk Density, Depth to Bedrock, Hydrologic Soils Group, Mapunits, Percent Water, Porosity, Rock Fragment Class, Rock Volume, Soil Fractions, and Surface Soil Texture. Note that the data presented in the tables have had the tare weights removed.


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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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Dates

Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date December 2, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from USDA JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 30, 2024
Metadata Updated Date December 2, 2025
Publisher Agricultural Research Service
Maintainer
Identifier 10113/AA24811
Data Last Modified 2025-11-22
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 005:18
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 2dc16f3c-e54b-4496-a000-94ba5739a346
Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -99, 37, -97, 37, -97, 34.5, -99, 34.5, -99, 37}
Program Code 005:040
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash ec063d7e1784a12e3c18b6f0432acf3d28d168a0b06a34f0edef25bc663c5350
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -99, 37, -97, 37, -97, 34.5, -99, 34.5, -99, 37}
Temporal 1997-06-01/1997-07-31

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