Description of Data Files
Cryosolic Pedons from Alaska and Russia, from the Natural Resources Conservation Service-National Soil Survey Center (NRCS-NSSC) , U.S. Department of Agriculture
The table below shows the contents of the pedon data files (char.dat, desc.dat, oxal.dat, soil8.dat). The files named "*.key" contain descriptions of each data field in the "*.dat" files. The "*.dat" files contain all the pedon data from NRCS-NSSC provided for the CAPS CD-ROM, including both Alaskan and Russian locations.
| File Contents | File | File description |
| Laboratory Characterization Data Elements | char.dat | char.key |
| Laboratory Description Data Elements | desc.dat | desc.key |
| Laboratory Oxalate Data Elements | oxal.dat | oxal.key |
| SCS-Soils-8 File Information; | soi8.dat | soi8.key |
Most of the pedon data from the Russian sites in the Kolyma Peninsula are included in the files *.dat above. However, the description data elements were not included above and are included in separate files below.
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