State Soils Geographic (STATSGO) Database statsgo.pdf (312 Kb) Please read or skim the first two chapters of this publication: "Introduction" and "Use of STATSGO data" (pages 5-17). Everyone will be expected to understand how STATSGO data are organized before reading and discussing the first week's readings. |
Intro Chapter to Soil Geographic Databases bolstad.pdf (1.1 Mb) This introductory chapter discusses STATSGO and Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) data. It will be assumed that everyone understands STATSGO and SSURGO before beginning the first week's readings. |
Non-Point Source Pollutants in the Vadose Zone Corwin1.pdf (Part 1 - 3.6 Mb) Corwin2.pdf (Part 2 - 4.2 Mb) Corwin3.pdf (Part 3 - 3.7 Mb) To determine whether you should participate in the "beginners" or "researchers" forum, please skim through this article, which is considered to be BACKGROUND reading for people in the "researchers" forum. If you think the material in this article is easy to understand, then you should be in the "researcher's" forum. Corwin will also be the SECOND article for the beginners forum. |
Soil Attribute Prediction Using Terrain Analysis Moore1.pdf (Part 1 - 3 Mb) Moore2.pdf (Part 2 - 3 Mb) This is the first article for BOTH beginners and researchers. |
Atrazine Leaching Potential Bleecker.pdf (3.7 Mb) This is the second article for the researchers, third article for the beginners. |
Soil C at the Regional Scale Paustianetal1997.pdf (2 Mb) This is the third article for researchers only. |
Last update: November 4, 2002
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