An open-source database for the synthesis of soil radiocarbon data: International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD) version 1.0

C. R. Lawrence; J. Beem-Miller; A. M. Hoyt; A. M. Hoyt; G. Monroe; C. A. Sierra; S. Stoner; K. Heckman; J. C. Blankinship; S. E. Crow; G. McNicol; S. Trumbore; P. A. Levine; O. Vindušková; K. Todd-Brown; C. Rasmussen; C. E. Hicks Pries; C. Schädel; K. McFarlane; S. Doetterl; C. Hatté; Y. He; C. Treat; J. W. Harden; J. W. Harden; M. S. Torn; C. Estop-Aragonés; A. Asefaw Berhe; M. Keiluweit; Á. Della Rosa Kuhnen; E. Marin-Spiotta; A. F. Plante; A. Thompson; Z. Shi; J. P. Schimel; L. J. S. Vaughn; L. J. S. Vaughn; S. F. von Fromm; R. Wagai

doi:10.5194/essd-12-61-2020

Earth System Science Data (Jan 2020)

An open-source database for the synthesis of soil radiocarbon data: International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD) version 1.0

C. R. Lawrence,
J. Beem-Miller,
A. M. Hoyt,
A. M. Hoyt,
G. Monroe,
C. A. Sierra,
S. Stoner,
K. Heckman,
J. C. Blankinship,
S. E. Crow,
G. McNicol,
S. Trumbore,
P. A. Levine,
O. Vindušková,
K. Todd-Brown,
C. Rasmussen,
C. E. Hicks Pries,
C. Schädel,
K. McFarlane,
S. Doetterl,
C. Hatté,
Y. He,
C. Treat,
J. W. Harden,
J. W. Harden,
M. S. Torn,
C. Estop-Aragonés,
A. Asefaw Berhe,
M. Keiluweit,
Á. Della Rosa Kuhnen,
E. Marin-Spiotta,
A. F. Plante,
A. Thompson,
Z. Shi,
J. P. Schimel,
L. J. S. Vaughn,
L. J. S. Vaughn,
S. F. von Fromm,
R. Wagai

Affiliations

C. R. Lawrence: US Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Denver, CO, USA
J. Beem-Miller: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
A. M. Hoyt: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
A. M. Hoyt: Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
G. Monroe: Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
C. A. Sierra: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
S. Stoner: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
K. Heckman: US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Houghton, MI, USA
J. C. Blankinship: Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
S. E. Crow: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
G. McNicol: Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
S. Trumbore: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
P. A. Levine: Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
O. Vindušková: Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
K. Todd-Brown: Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
C. Rasmussen: Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
C. E. Hicks Pries: Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
C. Schädel: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
K. McFarlane: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
S. Doetterl: Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
C. Hatté: LSCE, UMR 8212 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Y. He: Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
C. Treat: Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
J. W. Harden: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
J. W. Harden: US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, USA
M. S. Torn: Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
C. Estop-Aragonés: Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
A. Asefaw Berhe: Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
M. Keiluweit: Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
Á. Della Rosa Kuhnen: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
E. Marin-Spiotta: Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, USA
A. F. Plante: Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
A. Thompson: Department of Crop and Soil Science, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Z. Shi: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
J. P. Schimel: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
L. J. S. Vaughn: Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
L. J. S. Vaughn: Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
S. F. von Fromm: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
R. Wagai: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-61-2020
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12
pp. 61 – 76

Abstract

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Radiocarbon is a critical constraint on our estimates of the timescales of soil carbon cycling that can aid in identifying mechanisms of carbon stabilization and destabilization and improve the forecast of soil carbon response to management or environmental change. Despite the wealth of soil radiocarbon data that have been reported over the past 75 years, the ability to apply these data to global-scale questions is limited by our capacity to synthesize and compare measurements generated using a variety of methods. Here, we present the International Soil Radiocarbon Database (ISRaD; http://soilradiocarbon.org, last access: 16 December 2019), an open-source archive of soil data that include reported measurements from bulk soils, distinct soil carbon pools isolated in the laboratory by a variety of soil fractionation methods, samples of soil gas or water collected interstitially from within an intact soil profile, CO2 gas isolated from laboratory soil incubations, and fluxes collected in situ from a soil profile. The core of ISRaD is a relational database structured around individual datasets (entries) and organized hierarchically to report soil radiocarbon data, measured at different physical and temporal scales as well as other soil or environmental properties that may also be measured and may assist with interpretation and context. Anyone may contribute their own data to the database by entering it into the ISRaD template and subjecting it to quality assurance protocols. ISRaD can be accessed through (1) a web-based interface, (2) an R package (ISRaD), or (3) direct access to code and data through the GitHub repository, which hosts both code and data. The design of ISRaD allows for participants to become directly involved in the management, design, and application of ISRaD data. The synthesized dataset is available in two forms: the original data as reported by the authors of the datasets and an enhanced dataset that includes ancillary geospatial data calculated within the ISRaD framework. ISRaD also provides data management tools in the ISRaD-R package that provide a starting point for data analysis; as an open-source project, the broader soil community is invited and encouraged to add data, tools, and ideas for improvement. As a whole, ISRaD provides resources to aid our evaluation of soil dynamics across a range of spatial and temporal scales. The ISRaD v1.0 dataset is archived and freely available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2613911 (Lawrence et al., 2019).

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Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences; Science: Geology
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