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An integrated dataset of ground hydrothermal regimes and soil nutrients monitored in some previously burned areas in hemiboreal forests in Northeast China during 2016–2022
Xiaoying Li
Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Huijun Jin
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Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
School of Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Ministry of Natural Resources Field Observation and Research Station of Permafrost and Cold Regions Environment in the Da Xing'anling Mountains at Mo'he, Natural Resources Survey Institute of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150036, China
Qi Feng
Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Qingbai Wu
Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Hongwei Wang
Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
School of Ecology, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Ruixia He
Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Dongliang Luo
Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Xiaoli Chang
Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
School of Earth Sciences and Spatial Information Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan 411202, China
Raul-David Şerban
Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
Tao Zhan
Ministry of Natural Resources Field Observation and Research Station of Permafrost and Cold Regions Environment in the Da Xing'anling Mountains at Mo'he, Natural Resources Survey Institute of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150036, China
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In Northeast China, the permafrost is more sensitive to climate warming and fire disturbances than the boreal and Arctic permafrost. Since 2016, a continuous ground hydrothermal regime and soil nutrient content observation system has been gradually established in Northeast China. The integrated dataset includes soil moisture content, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, total potassium, ground temperatures at depths of 0–20 m, and active layer thickness from 2016 to 2022.
In Northeast China, the permafrost is more sensitive to climate warming and fire disturbances...
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