Form 5a - ICP Forests

4.5.2 XX2009.prf
Soil profile description
The information on the WR B soil classification name is not longer part of the PLS file. The
same file can be used on Level I and Level II. Mainly based on BioSoil submission forms;
amended parameter in blue bold font; Mandatory/Optional also picked from BioSoil; final
discussion and definition after submission of the BioSoil database to FutMon data centre and
FSCC.
Each data file has to start with a comment line. This line starts with an exclamation
mark:
!Sequence, country, plot, profile_pit, date, latitude, longitude, elevation, soil_group,
qualifier_1, specifier_1, qualifier_2, specifier_2, qualifier_3, specifier_3, qualifier_4,
specifier_4, qualifier_5, specifier_5, qualifier_6, specifier_6, diagnostic_1,
diagnostic_depth_1, diagnostic_2, diagnostic_depth_2, diagnostic_3,
diagnostic_depth_3, diagnostic_4, diagnostic_depth_4, diagnostic_5,
diagnostic_depth_5, diagnostic_6, diagnostic_depth_6, diagnostic_7,
diagnostic_depth_7, diagnostic_8, diagnostic_depth_8, diagnostic_9,
diagnostic_depth_9, diagnostic_10, diagnostic_depth_10, WRB_publication,
parent_material_1, parent_material_2, ground_water_highest, ground_water_lowest,
water_table, rooting_depth, rock_depth, obstacle_depth, other_observations
Column Description Format Ref_Tab Item # M/O
1 - 4 Sequence number of plots (1 to
9999)
6 - 7 Country code I 2 X (1) M
9 - 12 Observation plot number (maximum
9999)
14 - 17 Profile pit ID (maximum 4
characters)
(same as used in BioSoil)
19 - 24 Date profile description
(DDMMYY)
26 - 32 Latitude of profile pit
(in +DDMMSS)
34 - 40 Longitude of profile pit in
(+/-DDMMSS)
42 - 45 Elevation of profile pit in metres
above sea level
I 4
M
I 4 (2) M
C 4 (69) M
Date (3) M
C 7 (4) M
C 7 (4) M
47 - 48 Code of WRB Reference Soil Group C 2 X (131) M
50 - 51 WRB Qualifier 1 (1 = most
important)
I 4
O
C 2 X (132) O
53 - 53 WRB Specifier 1 C 1 X (133) O
55 - 56 WRB Qualifier 2 (2 = second most
important,…)
C 2 X (132) O
58 - 58 WRB Specifier 2 C 1 X (133) O
60 - 61 WRB Qualifier 3 C 2 X (132) O
63 - 63 WRB Specifier 3 C 1 X (133) O
65 - 66 WRB Qualifier 4 C 2 X (132) O
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