Exploring a
Dynamic Soil
Information
System
PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
Robert Pool and Kara Laney, Rapporteurs
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Board on International Scientific Organizations
Policy and Global Affairs
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ON EXPLORING A DYNAMIC SOIL INFORMATION SYSTEM
Members
BRUNO BASSO (Chair), Michigan State University, East Lansing
RANVEER CHANDRA, Microsoft Azure Global, Redmond, WA
ALISON MARKLEIN, University of California, Riverside
CHARLES W. RICE, Kansas State University, Manhattan
JAMES M. TIEDJE (NAS1), Michigan State University, East Lansing
KATHE TODD-BROWN, University of Florida, Gainesville
RODRIGO VARGAS, University of Delaware, Newark
Staff
KARA N. LANEY, Senior Program Officer, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
ESTER SZTEIN, Assistant Director, Board on International Scientific Organizations
SARAH KWON, Senior Program Assistant, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Members
CHARLES W. RICE (Chair), Kansas State University, Manhattan
ARISTOS ARISTIDOU (NAE1), Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
SHANE C. BURGESS, University of Arizona, Tucson
BERNADETTE DUNHAM, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
JAMES S. FAMIGLIETTI, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
JOHN HAMER, DCVC Bio, San Francisco, CA
DOUGLAS B. JACKSON-SMITH, The Ohio State University, Wooster
ERMIAS KEBREAB, University of California, Davis
JAN E. LEACH, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
ROBIN LOUGEE, Unaffiliated, Yorktown Heights, NY
JILL J. McCLUSKEY, Washington State University, Richland
KAREN I. PLAUT, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
RICARDO SALVADOR, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC
V. ALARIC SAMPLE, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Staff
ROBIN A. SCHOEN, Director
CAMILLA YANDOC ABLES, Senior Program Officer
KARA N. LANEY, Senior Program Officer
JENNA BRISCOE, Research Associate
SARAH KWON, Senior Program Assistant
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BOARD ON EARTH SCIENCES AND RESOURCES
Members
ISABEL P. MONTAÑEZ (NAS1) (Chair), University of California, Davis
ESTELLA A. ATEKWANA, University of Delaware, Newark
THORSTEN W. BECKER, The University of Texas at Austin
BRENDA B. BOWEN, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City
NELIA W. DUNBAR, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro
RODNEY C. EWING (NAE2), Stanford University, Stanford, CA
MARY FEELEY, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Houston, TX
WILLIAM C. HAMMOND, University of Nevada, Reno
ROBERT L. KLEINBERG (NAE), Boston University, Boston, MA
ZELMA MAINE-JACKSON, Washington State University, Pullman
MICHAEL MANGA (NAS), University of California, Berkeley
MARTIN W. McCANN, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
PATRICIA McDOWELL, University of Oregon, Eugene
HARVEY J. MILLER, The Ohio State University, Columbus
JEFFREY N. RUBIN, Unaffiliated, Wilsonville, OR
JAMES A. SLUTZ, National Petroleum Council, Washington, DC
ELIZABETH J. WILSON, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Staff
DEBORAH GLICKSON, Director
ANNE M. LINN, Scholar
SAMMANTHA L. MAGSINO, Senior Program Officer
COURTNEY R. DeVANE, Administrative Coordinator
NICHOLAS D. RODGERS, Senior Financial Business Partner
CALLA ROSENFELD, Program Assistant
SARAH HAEDRICH, Program Assistant
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BOARD ON INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
Members
MELODY BROWN BURKINS (Chair), Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
MARK CESA (Vice Chair), INESOS USA LLC, League City, TX (retired)
ALLAN C. ASHWORTH, North Dakota State University, Fargo
KRISTIN BENNET, KB Science, LLC, Boston, MA
ASMERET ASEFAW BERHE, University of California, Merced
BONNIE C. CARROLL, Information International Associates, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN
WENDY CRONE, University of Wisconsin–Madison
DEBRA M. ELMEGREEN, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
ERIC FRIEDLANDER, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
JENNIFER E. LANSFORD, Duke University, Durham, NC
MICHAEL H. NEWKIRK, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD
PADMANABHAN SESHAIYER, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Ex Officio
JOHN HILDEBRAND (NAS1), University of Arizona, Tucson
Staff
KATHIE BAILEY, Director
ANA M. FERRERAS, Senior Program Officer
JAMES MANNING, Senior Program Assistant
ESTER SZTEIN, Assistant Director and Senior Program Officer
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers
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We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:
ANNA CATES, University of Minnesota
OLIVER CHADWICK, University of California, Santa Barbara
NILOVNA CHATTERJEE, CIBO Technologies
R. CÉSAR IZAURRALDE, University of Maryland
MARK SCHILDHAUER, University of California, Santa Barbara
JAMES TIEDJE, Michigan State University
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings was overseen by SAMIRA H. DAROUB, University of Florida. She was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteurs and the National Academies.
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Contents
Innovative Technologies for Managing Soils
The Importance of Data Archiving and Data Integration
3 THE NEED FOR A DYNAMIC SOIL INFORMATION SYSTEM
4 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE LISTENING SESSIONS
5 CURRENT SOIL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
6 FIRESIDE CHAT WITH INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES
