Soil available water capacity in mm derived for 5 standard layers (0-10, 10-30, 30-60, 60-100 and 100-200 cm) at 250 m resolution

<p>Available Water Capacity (in mm) derived by calculating Water Retention Difference (difference between the field capacity and wilting point; see <a href="https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/ref/?cid=nrcs142p2_054247">NRCS Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual</a>), and then summing up WRD for all standard layers (0&ndash;200 cm). Soil water content (volumetric) in percent for 33 kPa and 1500 kPa suctions predicted at 6 standard depths (0, 10, 30, 60, 100 and 200 cm) at 250 m resolution is available <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2609113"><strong>here</strong></a>. These estimates ignore depth to bedrock i.e. existence of any impenetrable layer (total available capacity over the whole land mass is likely about 10&ndash;15% smaller).&nbsp;Antarctica is not included.</p> <p>To access and visualize some of the maps use:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.openlandmap.org/">OpenLandMap.org</a></p> <p>If you discover a bug, artifact or inconsistency in the maps, or if you have a question please use some of the following channels:</p> <ul> <li>Technical issues and questions about the code: <a href="https://gitlab.com/openlandmap/global-layers/issues">https://gitlab.com/openlandmap/global-layers/issues</a></li> <li>General questions and comments: <a href="https://disqus.com/home/forums/landgis/">https://disqus.com/home/forums/landgis/</a></li> </ul> <p>All files internally compressed using &quot;COMPRESS=DEFLATE&quot; creation option in GDAL. File naming convention:</p> <ul> <li>sol = theme: soil,</li> <li>available.water.capacity = available water capacity in mm,</li> <li>usda.mm = determination method: Water Retention Difference in mm,</li> <li>m = mean value,</li> <li>250m = spatial resolution / block support: 250 m,</li> <li>b0..10cm = vertical reference: 0-10 cm layer below surface,</li> <li>1950..2017 = time reference: period 1950-2017,</li> <li>v0.1 = version number: 0.1,</li> </ul>