SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty

Poggio, Laura; de Sousa, Luis M.; Batjes, Niels H.; Heuvelink, Gerard B. M.; Kempen, Bas; Ribeiro, Eloi; Rossiter, David

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-217-2021

Articles | Volume 7, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-217-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-217-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 1

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14 Jun 2021

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SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty

Laura Poggio, Luis M. de Sousa, Niels H. Batjes, Gerard B. M. Heuvelink, Bas Kempen, Eloi Ribeiro, and David Rossiter

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'comments on soil-2020-65', Dominique Arrouays, 10 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Laura Poggio, 10 Feb 2021
SC1: 'Review for [soil-2020-65]: SoilGrids 2.0: producing quality-assessed soil information for the globe', Brendan Malone, 16 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to SC1 by Brendan Malone', Laura Poggio, 18 Nov 2020
  - SC2: 'Review for [soil-2020-65]: SoilGrids 2.0: producing quality-assessed soil information for the globe', Brendan Malone, 21 Nov 2020
    - AC5: 'Reply on SC2', Laura Poggio, 10 Feb 2021
SC3: 'SOC stocks, litter layer, area of applicability', Bernhard Ahrens, 17 Dec 2020
- AC4: 'Reply on SC3', Laura Poggio, 10 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Comments on the Manuscript of SoilGrids2.0', Feng Liu, 14 Jan 2021
- AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Laura Poggio, 10 Feb 2021

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Revision (22 Feb 2021) by Nicolas P.A. Saby

AR by Laura Poggio on behalf of the Authors (04 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Mar 2021) by Nicolas P.A. Saby

RR by Dominique Arrouays (10 Mar 2021)

RR by Feng Liu (23 Mar 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Mar 2021) by Nicolas P.A. Saby

AR by Laura Poggio on behalf of the Authors (09 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (15 Apr 2021) by Nicolas P.A. Saby

ED: Publish as is (18 Apr 2021) by Kristof Van Oost (Executive editor)

AR by Laura Poggio on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2021)

Short summary

This paper focuses on the production of global maps of soil properties with quantified spatial uncertainty, as implemented in the SoilGrids version 2.0 product using DSM practices and adapting them for global digital soil mapping with legacy data. The quantitative evaluation showed metrics in line with previous studies. The qualitative evaluation showed that coarse-scale patterns are well reproduced. The spatial uncertainty at global scale highlighted the need for more soil observations.