SAFARI 2000 Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE) 


This southern African subset was taken from the Global data set :

Batjes, N. H. (ed). 2000. Global Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE). Available on-line [http://daacs.esd.ornl.gov /] 
from the ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. 


Global Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE)

The files that comprise this data are included in comma-delimited ASCII files (as listed below).
The original documentation for this data (isric_wp.pdf) refers to the *dbf
files.  Below is a listing of available *txt files and the *dbf files they
correspond to.  Please note that the WISE2.1 Data Handling System is not
available from the ORNL DAAC.


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Readme files:
isric-wi.txt   -   a letter that accompanied the data.

Data files:
wiseanad.txt   -   (wisanad.dbf) profile descriptions
wiseatri.txt   -   (wisatrib.dbf)  attribute data
wisehor.txt    -   (wisehor.dbf)  horizon data
wis_exte.txt   -   (wis_exte.dbf) defines horizon attributes
wiselab.txt    -   (wiselab.dbf) laboratory codes
:q!
daacs> cat readme.txt
readme.txt



Key files:
keyarea.txt    -   (keyarea.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Broad Regions"
keycoun.txt    -   (keycoun.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Country ISO-Codes"
keycrops.txt   -   (keycrops.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Crops"
keydrain.txt   -   (keydrain.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Drainage Classes"
keyfao.txt     -   (keyfao.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "FAO-Unesco Legend
        (1990, resp. 1974)"
keyfao_1.txt   -   (keyfao_1.dbf)  (*although it is not listed in the index
        of the documentation, it is referenced in Appendix 5)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for First Level
        FAO-Unesco Legend (1974)
keykoppe.txt   -   (keykoppe.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Koppen Climate"
keylandf.txt   -   (keylandf.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Landforms"
keylus.txt     -   (keylus.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Land Use"
keymetho.txt   -   (keymethod.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Analytical Methods"
keymottl.txt   -   (keymottl.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Mottling Classes"
keyparen.txt   -   (keyparen.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Parent Material/
        Lithology"
keyph74.txt    -   (keyph74.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "FAO-Unesco (1974)
        Phases"
keyph90.txt    -   (keyph90.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "FAO-Unesco (1990) Phases"
keyposit.txt   -   (keyposit.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Landscape Position"
keyregio.txt   -   (keyregion.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Countries per Region"
keyroots.txt   -   (keyroots.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Root Classes"
keystatu.txt   -   (keystatu.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Soil Description Status"
keystruc.txt   -   (keystruc.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Soil Structure"
keytext.txt    -   (keytext.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Soil Texture"
keyveget.txt   -   (keyveget.dbf)
        Key file containing codes and definitions for "Vegetation Classes"


Please see documentation for more information:
isric_wp.pdf  (***note:  you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file)

Refer to the following appendices for detailed information on file structure
and attribute definitions.

Appendix 5:  Structural Attributes of WISE Data Base Files
        Lists data tables and defines their attributes.

Appendix 6:  Database Coding Protocols
        Describes attributes of data tables.  These pages contain much of the
        same information as the key*.txt files.

Appendix 7:  List of Country ISO Codes
        These codes are also listed in keycoun.txt.