Preliminary version requiring further additions and improvements
Capability profile · D
Soil properties
PilotExisting analytical tool
Reviewed at · Statuses reflect this review and may change.
1. What this capability does
Explore modelled topsoil properties to identify questions for local field surveys and laboratory investigation.
2. Why it is needed
Territorial context helps select investigations but does not establish field fertility or a parcel's fertilizer requirements.
3. Which decisions it can support
Prioritize sampling and verification of local differences before selecting interventions intended to improve soil conditions.
4. Which data are available
The pilot shows pH, organic carbon, clay and sand at 0–5 cm for 34 ADM1 units and the national aggregate.
5. Which data are still needed
Representative samples, documented depths and methods, nutrients, salinity, compaction and uncertainty of local analyses are needed.
6. Who can provide the data
ISRIC supplies the reference model, while laboratories and soil institutions can supply local measurements under agreed conditions.
7. Methods and scientific limitations
Comparisons retain depth, method, units and spatial support without treating a district mean as a field analysis.
8. Which outputs it can produce
The view provides modelled values, coverage and provenance with explicit limits on interpretation at local scale.
9. Readiness and conditions of use
The pilot is available for its stated SoilGrids context; fertility diagnosis and fertilizer recommendations require separate validation.
Sources and access conditions
Links identify the sources. Source accessibility does not prove integration; official observations, estimates and forecasts must remain distinct. Source titles and metadata are shown as documented.
CONNECTED — admitted existing baseline evidence; this does not connect the source to every planned capability.
Limitations
Spatial mean of model predictions, not laboratory measurements or locally validated crop suitability. Pixel quantiles are not a territorial confidence interval; none is asserted. Arithmetic mean of pH describes mapped pH, not a chemical mixing calculation. No local nutrients, salinity, compaction or lab tests Chișinău, Bălți and Bender withheld below valid-area threshold Latest catalogue dates are not measurement dates; verify the source terms and observation coverage before reuse.
Global grid including Moldova; national and 37 ADM1 summaries require explicit boundary overlay.
Availability
ACCESSIBLE_NOT_CONNECTED — source discovery only; not a connection to this public service.
Limitations
Mean/median and Q05/Q95 are different summaries; retain 90% prediction interval. Total nitrogen differs from available nitrate; bulk density does not directly measure compaction. No direct salinity, available phosphorus/potassium or contamination conclusion. Latest catalogue dates are not measurement dates; verify the source terms and observation coverage before reuse.
Moldova soil mapping portal; coverage completeness not established
Availability
RESEARCH_CANDIDATE — source discovery only; not a connection to this public service.
Limitations
Map class/bonitation is not an up-to-date laboratory result. Map scale is not numeric raster resolution or accuracy. Latest catalogue dates are not measurement dates; verify the source terms and observation coverage before reuse.
Download the public catalogue with dated statuses, descriptions and sources. The SHA-256 digest identifies the exact file displayed; it does not scientifically validate the data.
