The SoilSuite comprises:
- "Mask" is a product that aggregates simple landcover classes that occur during the time period between 2018 - 2021 (Sentinel-2). The three-class Mask contains bare surface occurrences (1), permanent vegetation (2) and other surfaces such as water bodies, urban areas, roads (3).
- "Bare Surface Reflectance Composite - Mean" that provides the spectral properties of soils that vary due to different soil organic carbon (SOC) content, soil moisture and soil minerology. This product is often used for spectral and digital soil mapping approaches
- "Bare Surface Reflectance Composite - Standard deviation" informing about the spectral dynamic of bare surfaces and soils
- "Bare Surface Reflectance Composite - 95% Confidence" contains information about the reliability of the spectral information due to the number of valid observations per pixel
- "Bare Surface Frequency Product" provides the number of bare soil occurrences over the total number of valid observations (Band 1)
- "Bare Surface Count Product" provides the number of bare soil occurrences (Band 2).
- "Valid Pixel Count Product" provides the total number of valid observations (Band 3)
- "Reflectance Composite - Mean" represents the mean reflectance of all valid Sentinel-2 observations between 2018 - 2021 including vegetation, bare and other surfaces
- "Reflectance Composite - Standard deviation", which contains the standard deviation per band for all valid Sentinel-2 observations between 2018 - 2021.
The SoilSuite Africa was produced as part of the Earth Observation-based derivation of soil information funded by the project 'Land, Soil and Crop Information Services (LSC-IS) to support Climate-Smart Agriculture (DeSIRA)'. LSC-IS is funded by the European Union through its DeSIRA program and the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a contribution from ISRIC - World Soil Information.
Rogge, D., Bauer, A, Zeidler, J., Müller, A., Esch, T. and Heiden, U. (2018). Building an exposed soil composite processor (SCMaP) for mapping spatial and temporal characteristics of soils with Landsat imagery (1984-2014). Remote Sensing of Environment, 205, 1-17. ISSN 0034-4257
Show PublicationHeiden, U., d’Angelo, P., Schwind, P., Karlshöfer, P., Müller, R., Zepp, S., Wiesmeier, M., & Reinartz, P. (2021). Soil Reflectance Composites—Improved Thresholding and Performance Evaluation. Remote Sensing, 14(18), 4526.
Show PublicationKarlshoefer, P., d’Angelo, P., Eberle, J., & Heiden, U. (2025). Evaluation framework for the generation of continental bare surface reflectance composites. Geoderma, 459.
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SoilSuite – Sentinel-2 – Africa, 4 year composite (2018-2021)
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SoilSuite – Sentinel-2 – Africa, 4 year composite
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This Web Map Service provides access to land coverage products within the Earth Observation Center (EOC).
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The MASK product aggregates simple landcover classes that occur during the time period between 2018 - 2021 (Sentinel-2). The three-class Mask contains: (1) Bare surface occurrences, (2) Permanent vegetation, (3) Other surfaces (e.g. water bodies, urban areas, roads).
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The Bare Surface Reflectance Composite (Mean) contains reflectance values scaled between 0 and 10.000. It represents the mean reflectance of all Sentinel-2 bare surface occurrences between 2018 - 2021 excluding urban areas, water bodies, clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow. This product is one of the main inputs for spectral as well as digital soil mapping approaches.
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The Bare Surface Reflectance Composite (Std Dev) contains the standard deviation of all Sentinel-2 bare surface reflectance values occuring between 2018 - 2021. It is scaled between 0 and 10.000 for each band and excludes urban areas, water bodies, clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow. This product quantifies e.g. the spectral dynamic of soils, which might differ according to their physical and chemical properties and thus, can be taken as an additional characteristic of the soil.
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The Bare Surface Reflectance Composite (Std Dev) contains the standard deviation of all Sentinel-2 bare surface reflectance values occuring between 2018 - 2021. It is scaled between 0 and 10.000 for each band and excludes urban areas, water bodies, clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow. This product quantifies e.g. the spectral dynamic of soils, which might differ according to their physical and chemical properties and thus, can be taken as an additional characteristic of the soil.
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The Bare Surface Frequency is scaled between 0 and 1 and quantifies the ratio of bare surface occurrences over the total number of valid Sentinel-2 observations in the observed time period between 2018 - 2021.
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The Bare Surface Count is defined as the number of occurrences detected as bare surface between 2018 - 2021. It is not normalized to the total number of valid Sentinel-2 observations. The value reveals the dependence of the pixel position across the ground track that can lead to nearly double observations in overlapping orbits.
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This Valid Pixel Count contains the total number of valid Sentinel-2 observations in the time period between 2018 - 2021 excluding cloud, haze, cloud shadow, snow, etc..
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The Reflectance Composte (Mean) contains reflectance values per band, scaled between 0 and 10.000. It represents the mean reflectance of all valid Sentinel-2 observations between 2018 - 2021. Valid observations include vegetation, bare and other surfaces and exclude clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow.
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The Reflectance Composite (Std Dev) contains the standard deviation per band for all valid Sentinel-2 observations between 2018 - 2021, scaled from 0 to 10.000. The valid observations include vegetation, bare surfaces and other surfaces and it excludes clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow. The product quantifies the spectral dynamic of all landcover types occurring in the images. As an example, it shows a higher standard deviation in agricultural areas compared to natural grasslands.
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EOC Land Map Service
This Web Map Service provides access to land coverage products within the Earth Observation Center (EOC).
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The MASK product aggregates simple landcover classes that occur during the time period between 2018 - 2021 (Sentinel-2). The three-class Mask contains: (1) Bare surface occurrences, (2) Permanent vegetation, (3) Other surfaces (e.g. water bodies, urban areas, roads).
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The Bare Surface Reflectance Composite (Mean) contains reflectance values scaled between 0 and 10.000. It represents the mean reflectance of all Sentinel-2 bare surface occurrences between 2018 - 2021 excluding urban areas, water bodies, clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow. This product is one of the main inputs for spectral as well as digital soil mapping approaches.
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The Bare Surface Reflectance Composite (Std Dev) contains the standard deviation of all Sentinel-2 bare surface reflectance values occuring between 2018 - 2021. It is scaled between 0 and 10.000 for each band and excludes urban areas, water bodies, clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow. This product quantifies e.g. the spectral dynamic of soils, which might differ according to their physical and chemical properties and thus, can be taken as an additional characteristic of the soil.
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The Bare Surface Reflectance Composite (Std Dev) contains the standard deviation of all Sentinel-2 bare surface reflectance values occuring between 2018 - 2021. It is scaled between 0 and 10.000 for each band and excludes urban areas, water bodies, clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow. This product quantifies e.g. the spectral dynamic of soils, which might differ according to their physical and chemical properties and thus, can be taken as an additional characteristic of the soil.
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The Bare Surface Frequency is scaled between 0 and 1 and quantifies the ratio of bare surface occurrences over the total number of valid Sentinel-2 observations in the observed time period between 2018 - 2021.
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The Bare Surface Count is defined as the number of occurrences detected as bare surface between 2018 - 2021. It is not normalized to the total number of valid Sentinel-2 observations. The value reveals the dependence of the pixel position across the ground track that can lead to nearly double observations in overlapping orbits.
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This Valid Pixel Count contains the total number of valid Sentinel-2 observations in the time period between 2018 - 2021 excluding cloud, haze, cloud shadow, snow, etc..
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The Reflectance Composte (Mean) contains reflectance values per band, scaled between 0 and 10.000. It represents the mean reflectance of all valid Sentinel-2 observations between 2018 - 2021. Valid observations include vegetation, bare and other surfaces and exclude clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow.
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The Reflectance Composite (Std Dev) contains the standard deviation per band for all valid Sentinel-2 observations between 2018 - 2021, scaled from 0 to 10.000. The valid observations include vegetation, bare surfaces and other surfaces and it excludes clouds, haze, cloud shadows and snow. The product quantifies the spectral dynamic of all landcover types occurring in the images. As an example, it shows a higher standard deviation in agricultural areas compared to natural grasslands.
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Further Datasets from Datagroup SoilSuite
The Soil Suite is a collection of Earth observation products that describe the properties of the top pedosphere layer.
