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Estimated Annual Net Change in Soil Carbon per US County, 1990-2004

These data represent the estimated net change (Megagram per year) in soil carbon due to changes in the crop type and tillage intensity. Estimated accumulation of soil carbon under Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands is included in these estimates.

The method of analysis is based on empirical relationships between land management and soil carbon. The method for modeling land management and estimating soil carbon change, used to generate these data, is described in the following publication:

West, T.O., C.C. Brandt, B.S. Wilson, C.M. Hellwinckel, D.D. Tyler, G. Marland, D.G. De La Torre Ugarte, J.A. Larson, and R.G. Nelson. 2008. Estimating Regional Changes in Soil Carbon with High Spatial Resolution. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72: 285-294.

Tabular data are provided by county and by year in Excel and CSV formats.

Spatial data are provided below in Excel, CSV, and zipped ArcGIS Shapefile formats (v.9.2) Shapefile.

Excel file Excel (948Kb)

CSV file CSV (461Kb)

Zipped ArcGIS Shapefile ArcGIS (0.99Mb)

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