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Citation:	Adam, Sean Mark Peter; Julich, Dorit; Benning, Raphael; Jackisch, Conrad: SaxSSL: A mid-infrared Soil Spectral Library for the agricultural soils of Saxony, Germany [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.984699 (dataset in review)
Abstract:	This dataset presents a mid-Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (mid-DRIFTS) Soil Spectral Library (SSL) for agricultural soils in Saxony, Germany. The SSL was developed using archive soil samples from the Soil Monitoring Program of the State Office for Environment, Agriculture, and Geology (LfULG). A total of 123 physicochemical soil properties (with varying availability) are included in the presented dataset, covering soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, various total and extractable elemental contents, soil pH, cation exchange capacity, particle size distribution, bulk density and soil water retention. In addition to archive samples, the dataset includes supplementary soil samples collected during an intensive sampling campaign in September 2023, which also incorporates soil physical properties data. Mid-IR spectra were recorded from 7500 cm-1 to 400 cm⁻¹, using a Bruker Alpha II DRIFT. All samples were (re-) analysed using stepped thermal analysis according to DIN 19539 / DIN EN17505. The presented SSL was built as part of the LfULG project FuE 42-Z771/2 and constitutes the foundation for integrating quantitative mid-DRIFTS as an analytical tool in Saxony's agricultural soil monitoring program.
Keyword(s):	Agriculture; diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Infrared Spectroscopy; Organic carbon; soil carbon; soil monitoring; soil spectral library; stepped thermal analysis
Funding:	Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie, grant/award no. FuE 42-Z771/2
Coverage:	MEDIAN LATITUDE: 50.956775 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 13.129572 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 50.463161 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 12.153755 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 51.522479 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 14.914174
	DATE/TIME START: 1995-05-26T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2023-09-11T00:00:00
License:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (URI: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Size:	4 datasets
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/* TABULAR SUMMARY OF DATASETS LISTED IN THIS COLLECTION: */
Filename	Citation of child dataset
BDF_soil_archive.tab	Adam, Sean Mark Peter; Julich, Dorit; Benning, Raphael; Jackisch, Conrad (in review): Physicochemical soil property data for archive samples of the Saxon agricultural soil monitoring program. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.984779
NOT INCLUDED (available online only at https://download.pangaea.de/dataset/984781/files/Data_table_DRIFTS.xlsx)	Adam, Sean Mark Peter; Julich, Dorit; Benning, Raphael; Jackisch, Conrad (in review): Diffuse reflectance spectra of agricultural soils in Saxony. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.984781
BDF_soil_physics.tab	Adam, Sean Mark Peter; Julich, Dorit; Benning, Raphael; Jackisch, Conrad (in review): Soil physical data of agricultural soils in Saxony. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.984767
BDF_soliTOC.tab	Adam, Sean Mark Peter; Julich, Dorit; Benning, Raphael; Jackisch, Conrad (in review): Analytical data from stepped thermal analysis of agricultural soils in Saxony. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.984700
