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Soil surface structure DSM data of the Fitzroy catchment WA, Darwin catchments and Mitchell catchment Qld generated by the Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment

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Title Soil surface structure DSM data of the Fitzroy catchment WA, Darwin catchments and Mitchell catchment Qld generated by the Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment
 
Creator Mark Thomas
 
Subject Agricultural Spatial Analysis and Modelling
 
Description Soil surface structure is one of 18 attributes of soils chosen to underpin the land suitability assessment of the Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment (NAWRA) through the digital soil mapping process (DSM). Soil structure describes the size, shape and strength of peds (soil aggregates). This soil surface structure raster data represents a modelled dataset of soil structure for the major part of the A horizons (surface soil) and is derived from field measured site data and environmental covariates. Data values are: 1 Single grain, 2 Massive or weak, 3 Moderate/strong and fine, 4 Moderate/strong and coarse as defined by the National Committee on Soil and Terrain 2009 (NCST) structure descriptions. Soil surface structure is a parameter used in land suitability assessments of soil physical factors and affects; water infiltration, erosion, seedling establishment and machinery workability. This raster data provides improved soil information used to identify opportunities and promote detailed investigation for a range of sustainable regional development options and was created within the ‘Land Suitability’ activity of the CSIRO NAWRA. A companion dataset and statistics reflecting reliability of this data are also provided and can be found described in the lineage section of this metadata record. Processing information is supplied in ranger R scripts and attributes were modelled using a Random Forest approach.
The DSM process is described in the CSIRO NAWRA published report ‘Digital soil mapping of the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments. A technical report from the CSIRO Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment to the Government of Australia'. The land suitability assessment this dataset underpins is described in the CSIRO NAWRA published report ‘Land suitability of the Fitzroy, Darwin and Mitchell catchments. A technical report from the CSIRO Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment to the Government of Australia'.
 
Publisher CSIRO
 
Contributor Dan Brough
Elisabeth Bui
Ben Harms
Jason Hill
Karen Holmes
David Morrison
Seonaid Philip
Ross Searle
Henry Smolinski
Seija Tuomi
Dennis van Gool
Ian Watson
Peter Wilson
Peter Wilson
 
Date 2018-09-05
 
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Identifier csiro:34708
 
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