TY - Data T1 - HiWATER: Dataset of hydrometeorological observation network (automatic weather station of Huazhaizi desert steppe station, 2016) A1 - Liu shaomin A1 - Li Xin A1 - CHE Tao A1 - Xu ziwei A1 - Ren zhiguo A1 - Tan Junlei PY - 2026 DA - 2026-04-29 PB - National Cryosphere Desert Data Center AB - This dataset contains meteorological element observation data from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 at the Huazhaizi Desert Station in the middle reaches of the Heihe Hydrological and Meteorological Observation Network. The station is located in Huazhaizi, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, with a mountainous desert as the underlying surface. The latitude and longitude of Huazhaizi Station are 100.3201E, 38.7659N, and the altitude is 1731m. The observation items include: air temperature and relative humidity sensors installed at 5m and 10m, facing due north; Install the barometer inside the waterproof tank; The tipping bucket rain gauge is installed at a distance of 10m; Wind speed and direction sensors are installed at 5m and 10m, facing due north; The four component radiometer is installed at a distance of 6m, facing due south; Two infrared thermometers are installed at a distance of 6m, facing due south, with the probes facing vertically downwards; The soil temperature probe is buried at a depth of 0cm on the surface and 2cm, 4cm, 10cm, 20cm, 40cm, 60cm, and 100cm underground, directly south of the meteorological tower at a distance of 2m; The soil moisture sensors are buried 2cm, 4cm, 10cm, 20cm, 40cm, 60cm, and 100cm underground, directly south of the meteorological tower at a distance of 2m; Three soil heat flow plates are sequentially buried 6cm underground. The specific observation elements are as follows: DB - NCDC UR - http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/be1a65d0-d675-47a5-b2ab-955e8c0c9245 ER -