Soil organic carbon fractions over NSW

Brief description

The dataset contains digital soil maps of three principal soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions across NSW: particulate organic carbon (POC), humic organic carbon (HOC) and resistant organic carbon (ROC), which represent fractions of increasing bio-chemical stability. The 100 m resolution rasters cover depth intervals 0-10 cm, 10-30 cm and 0-30 cm. Maps for mean, lower 5% and upper 95% confidence intervals are provided. They were derived from random forest modelling of 427 profile points across NSW from 2008-09 with mid-infrared (MIR) derived carbon fractions and a set of 16 predictor variables. The products are important for modelling soil carbon dynamics for carbon accounting, and as a potential indicator of soil quality. The products are more fully described in: Gray JM, Karunaratne SB, Bishop TFA, Wilson BR, Veeragathipillai M 2019, Driving factors of soil organic carbon fractions over New South Wales, Australia. Geoderma 353, 213-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.06.032