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BADM Group: SOIL_WRB_GROUP

BADM Type: Soil
Description: Soil World Reference Base Group
Group Entries per Site: One
Last updated: Mar 02, 2021

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Required Variable
Optional Variable
Examples
RequiredOptional
Soil World Reference Base Group
  • SOIL_WRB_GROUP
  • SOIL_WRB_GROUP_APPROACH
  • SOIL_WRB_GROUP_COMMENT

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    Required Variable
    Optional Variable
    Examples
    Variable
    Requirements    		 Units Description
    SOIL_WRB_GROUP
    Required    		LIST(SOIL_GROUP) ShowSoil Group for tower site according to the Soil World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB)
    WRB (previously FAO) is a soil classification system. It describes soils with a two-level nomenclature comprising the name of a Soil Group and a modifying adjective that serves to identify a soil unit within a Group on the FAO Soil Map of the World. For the tower site, specify the Soil Group only from the predefined list. Do not report a modifying adjective. WRB_GROUP does not need to be reported if SOIL_ORDER is.
    SOIL_GROUP Options×
    OptionDescription
    Acrisol
    Albeluvisol
    Alisol
    Andosol
    Anthrosol
    Arenosol
    Calcisol
    Cambisol
    Chernozem
    Cryosol
    Durisol
    Ferralsol
    Fluvisol
    Gleysol
    Gypsisol
    Histosol
    Kastanozem
    Leptosol
    Lixisol
    Luvisol
    Nitisol
    Phaeozem
    Planosol
    Plinthosol
    Podzol
    Regosol
    Solonchak
    Solonetz
    Technosol
    Umbrisol
    Vertisol
    SOIL_WRB_GROUP_APPROACH
    Optional    		free textApproach used for assigning Soil WRB Group
    SOIL_WRB_GROUP_COMMENT
    Optional    		free textSoil WRB Group comments

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    Required Variable
    Optional Variable
    Examples
    Soil World Reference Base Group
  • SOIL_WRB_GROUP
  • SOIL_WRB_GROUP_APPROACH
  • SOIL_WRB_GROUP_COMMENT
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    Examples
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  • Soil World Reference Base Group
    Required Optional
    SOIL_WRB_GROUP
    SOIL_WRB_GROUP_APPROACH
    SOIL_WRB_GROUP_COMMENT

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