University of Wisconsin Antarctic Soils Database, Version 1

The University of Wisconsin Antarctic Soils Database contains data collected by Dr. James G. Bockheim and his colleagues from 1975 through 1987. Data include site information, air and soil temperature measurements, soil profile features, and surface boulder weathering features for 482 sites in the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. Soil profile descriptions are provided for soils inside the McMurdo Dry Valleys from 23 December 1975 to 22 December 1987, and outside the Dry Valleys from 13 November 1978 to 04 January 1986. Chemical and physical properties of soils at 214 sites are also provided. The study area is confined to 77 deg 7.5 min S to 78 deg S, 160 deg E to 164 deg E. Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format, and are available via ftp.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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citation University of Wisconsin Antarctic Soils Database, Version 1. Version 1. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, National Snow and Ice Data Center.
identifier C1386206549-NSIDCV0
issued 1975-01-01
landingPage https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov:443/search/concepts/C1386206549-NSIDCV0.html
language {en-US}
metadata_type geospatial
modified 1987-12-31
programCode {026:001}
publisher NSIDC
resource-type Dataset
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source_hash 7455201c8e9c81a88517a581c721a05f8b72af0b
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[160.0, -78.0], [164.0, -78.0], [164.0, -77.2], [160.0, -77.2], [160.0, -78.0]]]}
temporal 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z/1987-12-31T23:59:59.999Z
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • cryosphere
  • earth-science
  • frozen-ground
  • geo
  • geoss
  • land-surface
  • national
  • north-america
  • soils
  • united-states
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer James Bockheim
maintainer_email bockheim@facstaff.wisc.edu
metadata_created 2025-11-22T10:26:55.897373
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T10:26:55.897377
notes The University of Wisconsin Antarctic Soils Database contains data collected by Dr. James G. Bockheim and his colleagues from 1975 through 1987. Data include site information, air and soil temperature measurements, soil profile features, and surface boulder weathering features for 482 sites in the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. Soil profile descriptions are provided for soils inside the McMurdo Dry Valleys from 23 December 1975 to 22 December 1987, and outside the Dry Valleys from 13 November 1978 to 04 January 1986. Chemical and physical properties of soils at 214 sites are also provided. The study area is confined to 77 deg 7.5 min S to 78 deg S, 160 deg E to 164 deg E. Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format, and are available via ftp.
num_resources 3
num_tags 13
title University of Wisconsin Antarctic Soils Database, Version 1