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The Romanian PROFISOL database.
... The functions provided (Canarache et al., 1998, Vlad et al., 1997) are: ...
... A large range of soil physical properties, including bulk density and soil water properties was introduced in the late 1950s for special purpose surveys, and later extended to current soil survey. The first such database (Mielcescu et al., 1977) was established specifically for soil physical properties, but later it was extended and at present is included in the general database, PROFISOL, which makes use of the Access software (Canarache et al., 1998; Vlad et al., 1997). ...
Legacy soil data have been produced over 70 years in nearly all countries of the world. Unfortunately, data, information and knowledge are still currently fragmented and at risk of getting lost if they remain in a paper format. To process this legacy data into consistent, spatially explicit and continuous global soil information, data are being rescued and compiled into databases. Thousands of soil survey reports and maps have been scanned and made available online. The soil profile data reported by these data sources have been captured and compiled into databases. The total number of soil profiles rescued in the selected countries is about 800,000. Currently, data for 117, 000 profiles are compiled and harmonized according to GlobalSoilMap specifications in a world level database (WoSIS). The results presented at the country level are likely to be an underestimate. The majority of soil data is still not rescued and this effort should be pursued. The data have been used to produce soil property maps. We discuss the pro and cons of top-down and bottom-up approaches to produce such maps and we stress their complementarity. We give examples of success stories. The first global soil property maps using rescued data were produced by a top-down approach and were released at a limited resolution of 1km in 2014, followed by an update at a resolution of 250m in 2017. By the end of 2020, we aim to deliver the first worldwide product that fully meets the GlobalSoilMap specifications.
The Romanian Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry has developed a soil/land information
system, which is used in research activity, and for studies on Romanian land at national, district/zone and local levels for land evaluation, land use planning, recommendations for soil/land improvement/reclamation, pollution control, assessing technological cropping methods, etc.. The development of this system has passed through different stages and took into consideration other earlier works concerning data processing on soil profiles and land units.
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In 1985 the European Communities now the European Union published a soil map covering all the Community countries. This map has been digitized, but for modelling purposes it was necessary to compile a Soil Profile Analytical Database connected to the European Communities Soil Map. This compilation commenced in 1992 following a decade of expert group meetings concerning European soil and land data. This account describes the events that led to the decision to develop this database, and how it was compiled.
A model estimating resistance to penetration of mineral soils as affected by texture (<2 μm clay content), bulk density and gravimetric moisture content was developed. The model was validated using experimental results published by 19 authors from various parts of the world. The PENETR model was used to compute data on typical resistance to penetration for the whole range of textures, bulk densities and moisture contents encountered in agricultural soils. The PENETR model was combined with a soil moisture dynamic model to provide examples of time variability in resistance to penetration.
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Software system for the PROFISOL database of soil profiles
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