SpecFormats

Soil spectral data formats

The C4S platform has the functionality to read a variety of raw spectral data formats. The reading and ingestion of these data formats is handled through the soilspec.format R package. The package standardizes spectral data ingestion across instruments by extracting harmonized data frames and metadata lists from multiple proprietary file formats. Supported instruments include:

• FTIR spectrometers: Nicolet, Bruker, Thermo Scientific, Perkin Elmer

• Vis–NIR spectrometers: Malvern Panalytical ASD, Spectral Evolution, Hone Lab Red NIR

• Custom technology: SCANS technology

• Standard data formats: CSV (Comma-Separated Values)

The R package is publicly available under the GNU General Public License v3.0 through GitHub - csiro/soilspec.format: A package for extracting R data frames and metadata from soil spectroscopy files. and the CSIRO Data Access Portal record http://hdl.handle.net/102.100.100/710864?index=1.

References:

Moloney JP, Searle R, Malone BP, Dino A, Karunaratne S, Benn D, Stockmann U (2026) The Soil Spectral Selection System: A Practical Platform to operationalise Soil Spectroscopy. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. Submitted.

Stockmann U, Moloney J, Searle R, Dino A, Malone B, Karunaratne S, Benn D, Glover M, Zhao T (2025) Australia’s national soil spectral library empowering rapid Soil Organic Carbon measurement. End of Project Outcomes Summary Report. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) National Soil Carbon Innovation Challenge (NSCIC) Development and Demonstration Grant Round 2 Project SCICDDII000042. CSIRO, Australia.