José Lucas Safanelli

This was only possible with the contribution of original data producers and the community, colleagues from @opengeohub.bsky.social and @uflorida.bsky.social, as well as funding from the USDA NIFA and @woodwellclimate.bsky.social

It's been a long journey since 2021 and I'm happy to finally have this foundational paper out, as more exciting work is to come!

The OSSL is a comprehensive and curated database of soil spectra from diverse sources and regions. This enabled the development of reproducible soil spectral calibration models and user-friendly web applications.

Its adoption, however, is often restricted within the research domain and limited by the availability (i.e., open) of data and predictive models.

This paper presents the Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL) and other open resources built as part of the Soil Spectroscopy for Global Good initiative.

Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL): Building reproducible soil calibration models through open development and community engagement Soil spectroscopy is a widely used method for estimating soil properties that are important to environmental and agricultural monitoring. However, a bottleneck to its more widespread adoption is the n...

Soil spectroscopy is a powerful tool for accurately estimating a set of soil properties, like organic carbon and particle size distribution. It is also cheaper, faster, and more scalable than conventional analysis methods, which can be a game changer for soil MRV.