SoDaH: The SOils DAta Harmonization database, an open-source synthesis of soil data from research networks, version 1.0
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Pierson, D
Earl, S
Lajtha, K
Baer, SG
Ballantyne, F
Asefaw Berhe, A
Billings, SA
Brigham, LM
Chacon, SS
Fraterrigo, J
Frey, SD
Georgiou, K
De Graaff, MA
Johnson, C
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Data collected from research networks present opportunities to test theories and develop models about factors responsible for the long-term persistence and vulnerability of soil organic matter (SOM). Synthesizing datasets collected by different research networks presents opportunities to expand the ecological gradients and scientific breadth of information available for inquiry. Synthesizing these data is challenging, especially considering the legacy of soil data that have already been collected and an expansion of new network science initiatives. To facilitate this effort, here we present the SOils DAta Harmonization database (So- DaH; https://lter.github.io/som-website, last access: 22 December 2020), a flexible database designed to harmonize diverse SOM datasets from multiple research networks. SoDaH is built on several network science efforts in the United States, but the tools built for SoDaH aim to provide an open-access resource to facilitate synthesis of soil carbon data. Moreover, SoDaH allows for individual locations to contribute results from experimental manipulations, repeated measurements from long-term studies, and local- to regional-scale gradients across ecosystems or landscapes. Finally, we also provide data visualization and analysis tools that can be used to query and analyze the aggregated database. The SoDaH v1.0 dataset is archived and available at https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9733f6b6d2ffd12bf126dc36a763e0b4 (Wieder et al., 2020).
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Earth System Science Data
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13
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5
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© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Atmospheric sciences
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Wieder, WR; Pierson, D; Earl, S; Lajtha, K; Baer, SG; Ballantyne, F; Asefaw Berhe, A; Billings, SA; Brigham, LM; Chacon, SS; Fraterrigo, J; Frey, SD; Georgiou, K; De Graaff, MA; Stuart Grandy, A; Hartman, MD; Hobbie, SE; Johnson, C; Kaye, J; Kyker-Snowman, E; Litvak, ME; Mack, MC; Malhotra, A; Moore, JAM; Nadelhoffer, K; Rasmussen, C; Silver, WL; Sulman, BN; Walker, X; Weintraub, S, SoDaH: The SOils DAta Harmonization database, an open-source synthesis of soil data from research networks, version 1.0, Earth System Science Data, 2021, 13 (5), pp. 1843-1854