|LabReferences=Tucker, G. E., Hutton, E. W. H., Piper, M. D., Campforts, B., Gan, T., Barnhart, K. R., Kettner, A. J., Overeem, I., Peckham, S. D., McCready, L., and Syvitski, J., 2022: CSDMS: a community platform for numerical modeling of Earth surface processes, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 1413–1439, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1413-2022.
|LabReferences=Tucker, G. E., Hutton, E. W. H., Piper, M. D., Campforts, B., Gan, T., Barnhart, K. R., Kettner, A. J., Overeem, I., Peckham, S. D., McCready, L., and Syvitski, J., 2022: CSDMS: a community platform for numerical modeling of Earth surface processes, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 1413–1439, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1413-2022.
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|LabReferences=Gan, T., Tucker, G.E., Hutton, E.W.H., Piper, M.D., Overeem, I., Kettner, A.J., Campforts, B., Moriarty, J.M., Undzis, B., Pierce, E., McCready, L., 2024: CSDMS Data Components: data–model integration tools for Earth surface processes modeling. Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 2165–2185. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2165-2024
Tian Gan at INSTAAR - University of Colorado Boulder.
Introduction
soilgrids package (https://github.com/gantian127/soilgrids) provides a set of functions that allow downloading of the global gridded soil information from SoilGrids https://www.isric.org/explore/soilgrids, a system for global digital soil mapping to map the spatial distribution of soil properties across the globe.
soilgrids package includes a Basic Model Interface (BMI), which converts the SoilGrids dataset into a reusable, plug-and-play data component for Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) modeling framework.
Classroom organization In this lab, you will learn how to use the soilgrids package to download the soil property datasets for data visualization. You will explore the SoilGrids map services and write your own code to download multiple soil datasets.
Learning objectives Skills
Learn to use an application programming interface (API) to access SoilGrids data.
Learn to get the SoilGrids map service information.
Learn to use Basic Model Interface to access SoilGrids data and metadata.
Key concepts
CSDMS data component
Lab notes This lab can be run on the lab (for educators) and jupyter (for general use) instances of the OpenEarthscape JupyterHub: just click one of the links under the Run online using heading at the top of this page, then run the notebook in the "CSDMS" kernel.
Acknowledgements This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2026951, EarthCube Capabilities: Cloud-Based Accessible and Reproducible Modeling for Water and Sediment Research.
References
Tucker, G. E., Hutton, E. W. H., Piper, M. D., Campforts, B., Gan, T., Barnhart, K. R., Kettner, A. J., Overeem, I., Peckham, S. D., McCready, L., and Syvitski, J., 2022: CSDMS: a community platform for numerical modeling of Earth surface processes, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 1413–1439, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1413-2022.
Gan, T., Tucker, G.E., Hutton, E.W.H., Piper, M.D., Overeem, I., Kettner, A.J., Campforts, B., Moriarty, J.M., Undzis, B., Pierce, E., McCready, L., 2024: CSDMS Data Components: data–model integration tools for Earth surface processes modeling. Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 2165–2185. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2165-2024