18. Soil Water Holding Capacity (Bouwman)

This data set shows the global distribution of soil water holding capacity, at field capacity for the top soil (0 - 30cm), with a one degree latitude/longitude spatial resolution, and was derived from information on soil type and texture (FAO Soil Map of the World).

The Soil Water Holding Capacity data set is available only as a single raster data file, and consists of 180 rows (lines) by 360 columns (elements/pixels/samples) of data. The data file is one byte per element.