Soil Organic Carbon based on the SSURGO and STATGSO2 Databases
Detailed Description
Existing soil organic carbon, based on the SSURGO and STATGSO2 databases. Values shown represent the total soil profile. Data from U.S.Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Soil Survey Geographic database (SSURGO, 2009, NAD83, Albers Projection.
Figure originally published on page 6 of: Sundquist, E.T., Ackerman, K.V., Bliss, N.B., Kellndorfer, J.M., Reeves, M.C., and Rollins, M.G., 2009, Rapid assessment of U.S. forest and soil organic carbon storage and forest biomass carbon sequestration capacity: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1283, 15 p., available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1283/.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1283
Sundquist, E.T., Ackerman, K.V., Bliss, N.B., Kellndorfer, J.M., Reeves, M.C., and Rollins, M.G., 2009, Rapid assessment of U.S. forest and soil organic carbon storage and forest biomass carbon sequestration capacity: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1283, 15 p., available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1283/.