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Why develop a TUD. Can be generated at any time to check data Written description of the series concept for a defined area Used in initial soil survey manuscripts. Taxonomic Unit Description (TUD). Building a TUD from NASIS. Taxonomic Unit Description Reports.
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Why develop a TUD • Can be generated at any time to check data • Written description of the series concept for a defined area • Used in initial soil survey manuscripts
Taxonomic Unit Description(TUD) Building a TUD from NASIS
Taxonomic Unit Description Reports • Simple TUD – Narrative form of your typical or modal pedon • Complex TUD– Requires more than one report and usually a macro in MS_Word for manuscript formatting
Target Tables to be populated? • Area, Legend, Datamapunit • Site Association • Site • Site Area Overlap • Site Mapunit Overlap • Component Pedon • Pedon
Target Tables to be populated? • Run all calculations and validations • Perform Quality Control on your data • NASIS is the official data not the hard copy of the TUD
Exercise • Handout 9.2