SoDaH: The SOils DAta Harmonization database, an open-source synthesis of soil data from research networks, version 1.0

Data collected from research networks present opportunities to test theories and develop models about factors responsible for the long-term persistence and vulnerability of soil organic matter (SOM). Synthesizing datasets collected by different research networks presents opportunities to expand the ecological gradients and scientific breadth of information available for inquiry. Synthesizing these data is challenging, especially considering the legacy of soil data that have already been collected and an expansion of new network science initiatives. To facilitate this effort, here we present the SOils DAta Harmonization database (SoDaH; https://lter.github.io/som-website, last access: 22 December 2020), a flexible database designed to harmonize diverse SOM datasets from multiple research networks. SoDaH is built on several network science efforts in the United States, but the tools built for SoDaH aim to provide an open-access resource to facilitate synthesis of soil carbon data. Moreover, SoDaH allows for individual locations to contribute results from experimental manipulations, repeated measurements from long-term studies, and local-to regional-scale gradients across ecosystems or landscapes. Finally, we also provide data visualization and analysis tools that can be used to query and analyze the aggregated database. The SoDaH v1.0 dataset is archived and available at https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9733f6b6d2ffd12bf126dc36a763e0b4 (Wieder et al., 2020).

To Access Resource:

Questions? Email Resource Support Contact:

  • opensky@ucar.edu
    UCAR/NCAR - Library

Resource Type publication
Temporal Range Begin N/A
Temporal Range End N/A
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Related Dataset #1 : International Soil Carbon Network (ISCN) Database v3-1

Related Dataset #2 : SOils DAta Harmonization database (SoDaH): an open-source synthesis of soil data from research networks
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format PDF
Standardized Resource Format PDF
Asset Size N/A
Legal Constraints

Copyright author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name N/A
Resource Support Email opensky@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Library
Distributor N/A
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email opensky@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization UCAR/NCAR - Library

Author Wieder, William
Pierson, D.
Earl, S.
Lajtha, K.
Baer, S. G.
Ballantyne, F.
Berhe, A. A.
Billings, S. A.
Brigham, L. M.
Chacon, S. S.
Fraterrigo, J.
Frey, S. D.
Georgiou, K.
de Graaff, M.
Grandy, A. S.
Hartman, Melannie
Hobbie, S. E.
Johnson, C.
Kaye, J.
Kyker-Snowman, E.
Litvak, M. E.
Mack, M. C.
Malhotra, A.
Moore, J. A. M.
Nadelhoffer, K.
Rasmussen, C.
Silver, W. L.
Sulman, B. N.
Walker, X.
Weintraub, S.
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2021-05-05T00:00:00
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier N/A
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category geoscientificInformation
Progress N/A
Metadata Date 2025-07-11T16:15:34.128330
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.opensky::articles:24441
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Wieder, William, Pierson, D., Earl, S., Lajtha, K., Baer, S. G., Ballantyne, F., Berhe, A. A., Billings, S. A., Brigham, L. M., Chacon, S. S., Fraterrigo, J., Frey, S. D., Georgiou, K., de Graaff, M., Grandy, A. S., Hartman, Melannie, Hobbie, S. E., Johnson, C., Kaye, J., Kyker-Snowman, E., Litvak, M. E., Mack, M. C., Malhotra, A., Moore, J. A. M., Nadelhoffer, K., Rasmussen, C., Silver, W. L., Sulman, B. N., Walker, X., Weintraub, S.. (2021). SoDaH: The SOils DAta Harmonization database, an open-source synthesis of soil data from research networks, version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7vm4gpc. Accessed 31 July 2025.

Harvest Source