ASRIS Technical Specifications V1.6

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Table 1: Complementary benefits of mapping (contained within ASRIS), monitoring andmodelling ............................................................................................................................................................ 6Table 2: The main soil properties included in ASRIS and their significance ....................................................... 8Table 3: The spatial hierarchy of land-unit tracts (after Speight 1988). Note that the databasedesign for ASRIS allows intermediate Levels to be characterized (e.g. a System with acharacteristic dimension significantly less that 100 m would be designated as Level 5.1 or 5.2in the hierarchy) ............................................................................................................................................... 12Table 4: Default estimates of uncertainty for attributes of land-unit tracts in ASRIS – defaultsfor landform and land surface (relief, modal slope, element, pattern, microrelief, rockoutcrop and surface coarse fragments) are yet to be determined. ................................................................. 18Table 5: Summary of descriptors for tracts at Level 1 (land province) ............................................................ 20Table 6: Summary of descriptors for tracts at Level 2 (land region) ................................................................ 22Table 7: Level-5 land-unit tract identifiers ....................................................................................................... 25Table 8: Nature of observations for the land-unit tract ................................................................................... 26Table 9: Orders of survey (modified from Soil Survey Staff (1993, p48–49)) .................................................. 26Table 10: Relief and modal slope classes ......................................................................................................... 27Table 11: Codes for landform pattern .............................................................................................................. 28Table 12: Identifiers for tracts at level-6 .......................................................................................................... 29Table 13: Landform morphological type .......................................................................................................... 30Table 14: Drainage classes ................................................................................................................................ 30Table 15: Landform elements (after Speight 2009) ......................................................................................... 31Table 16: Microrelief type ................................................................................................................................ 32Table 17: Described gilgai component (if present) .......................................................................................... 33Table 18: Biotic agent for microrelief (if present) ............................................................................................ 33Table 19: Biotic component of microrelief (if present) .................................................................................... 33Table 20: Representativeness of the most similar soil profile in the ASRIS Soil Profile Database ................... 35Table 21: Estimation method for field texture ................................................................................................. 36Table 22: Estimation method for clay content ................................................................................................. 36Table 23: Field-texture grades, modifiers and qualifiers ................................................................................. 38Table 24: Estimation method for coarse fragments ......................................................................................... 41Table 25: Estimation method for bulk density ................................................................................................. 42Table 26: Estimation method for pH ................................................................................................................ 43Table 27: Estimation method for organic carbon. ........................................................................................... 44Table 28: Estimation method for depths and layer thicknesses ...................................................................... 44Table 29: Type of impeding layer ..................................................................................................................... 45
Table 30: Estimation method for the type of impeding layer .......................................................................... 46Table 31: Method for the estimation of water retention parameters ............................................................. 47Table 32: Permeability classes .......................................................................................................................... 51Table 33: Estimation method for saturated hydraulic conductivity ................................................................ 51Table 34: Estimation method for electrical conductivity ................................................................................. 53Table 35: Aggregate stability classes based on Emerson (2002) ...................................................................... 53Table 36: Estimation method for aggregate stability ....................................................................................... 53Table 37: Water repellence (after Moore 1998). ............................................................................................. 54Table 38: Method for estimating water repellence of the land surface .......................................................... 54Table 39: Estimation method for exchangeable bases, CEC and ESP ............................................................... 55Table 40: Method codes for Exchangeable Bases, CEC, and ESP ..................................................................... 56Table 41: Confidence level for the allocation to the Australian Soil Classification .......................................... 57Table 42: Version of the Australian Soil Classification used for allocation ...................................................... 57Table 43: Codes for Soil Orders in the Australian Soil Classification ................................................................ 57Table 44: Codes for Suborders, Great Groups and Subgroups ......................................................................... 57Table 45: Codes for Family criteria in the Australian Soil Classification ........................................................... 60Table 46: Method for allocating profile to the classification system (either ASC or WRB) ............................. 60Table 47: Reference Soil Group codes for the World Reference Base ............................................................. 61Table 48: Qualifiers for Reference Soil Groups in the World Reference Base ................................................. 61Table 49: Regolith material descriptions used for the characterization of substrate (after Painet al. 2007) ........................................................................................................................................................ 63Table 50: Estimation method for substrate type ............................................................................................. 64Table 51: Estimation method for substrate permeability ................................................................................ 64Table 52: Recommended minimum data set for the ASRIS soil profile database ............................................ 65Table 53: The agencies table. ........................................................................................................................... 67Table 54: The projects table ............................................................................................................................. 68Table 55: The features table. ............................................................................................................................ 68Table 56: The feature notes table..................................................................................................................... 68Table 57: The ref_sites table ............................................................................................................................ 69Table 58: The samples table ............................................................................................................................. 69Table 59: The sample notes table ..................................................................................................................... 70Table 60: The results table ............................................................................................................................... 70Table 61: The param_num_method table. ....................................................................................................... 71
Page 1: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FLAGSHIPThe
Page 8 and 9: Table 62: The num_est_method_type t
Page 11 and 12: 1 SummaryThis document specifies th
Page 13 and 14: 2 User needs for soil and land reso
Page 15 and 16: 2.3 Mapping, monitoring, modelling,
Page 17 and 18: estimates of soil erosion by water.
Page 19 and 20: 3 Development of ASRISASRIS was ini
Page 21 and 22: Handbook (NCST 2009) will be famili
Page 23 and 24: 4.2 Upper levels of the hierarchyTh
Page 25 and 26: 5 Accuracy, precision and a basis f
Page 27 and 28: 1.0MeanProbability5 %quantile95 %qu
Page 29 and 30: 6 Level-1 descriptors (land provinc
Page 31 and 32: Figure 5: Relative reliefFigure 6:
Page 33 and 34: Figure 7: Average annual excess wat
Page 35 and 36: 10 Level-5 descriptors (land system
Page 37 and 38: 10.3 LandformRelief/modal slopeReli
Page 39 and 40: 11 Level-6 descriptors (land facets
Page 41 and 42: Table 15: Landform elements (after
Page 43 and 44: Table 17: Described gilgai componen
Page 45 and 46: (a) (b) (c)A11A11A1 1A21A222B23B22B
Page 47 and 48: Layer-1 Texture and clay contentThe
Page 49 and 50: ZL Silty loam ZLA Sapric silty loam
Page 51 and 52: Coarse fragmentsCoarse fragments ar
Page 53 and 54: pH profileThe pH in a 1:5 CaCl 2 so
Page 55 and 56: Total thickness of A horizonThe tot
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Table 31: Method for the estimation
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Profile availablewater capacityAdju
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Table 32: Permeability classesClass
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Table 34: Estimation method for ele
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Exchangeable bases, CEC, and ESPEst
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Australian Soil ClassificationThe A
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FH Palic GZ Bleached-Orthic IS Ferr
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Table 47: Reference Soil Group code
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Local taxonomic classIf available,
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12 Soil Profile DatabaseAs noted ea
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Figure 12: Database design for ASRI
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Table 57: The ref_sites tableColumn
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Table 61: The param_num_method tabl
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Table 68: The codes table.Column Na
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15 ReferencesACLEP (in prep.) SITES
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McKenzie NJ, Ryan PJ (1999) Spatial
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Appendix 1: Conversion for pH in wa
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CONTACT USt 1300 363 400+61 3 9545
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