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Developing Soil Maps and a Soil Health Surveillance System
At present no standards, definitions or criteria exist for the assembly, mapping and interpretation of soil legacy data sets, case definitions, soil health and degradation, diagnostic tests, and sampling designs for assessing and monitoring soil condition. It is thus difficult to derive spatially and temporally consistent evaluations of the occurrence of soil degradation, or to provide evidence-based management recommendations for maintaining and improving soil health.
Base Maps Documentation: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Derivatives
Hydrologically Corrected / Adjusted SRTM Digital Elevation Model (AfrHySRTM)
AfrHySRTM is an adjusted elevation raster in which any depressions in the source Digital Elevation Model (DEM) have been eliminated (filled), but allowing for internal drainage since some landscapes contain natural depressions. These landscapes have their own internal drainage systems, which are not connected to adjacent watersheds. Null cells (drains) were placed in depressions exceeding a depth limit of 20 m and with no less than 1000 cells (pixels) during the DEM adjustment process.
