Leaf water potential is an important indicator of plant growth. In this project, Populus euphratica and Tamarix were selected in the lower reaches of Heihe River. Wp4c was used for 15 days to measure leaf water potential data before dawn, noon and sunset, which can provide basic data for understanding the growth conditions of desert plants.

Trunk sap flow is an effective tool for measuring transpiration of a single plant. In this project, the trunk sap flow data of Populus euphratica in the lower reaches of Heihe River was measured by HRM (ICT, Australia) with a frequency of 0.5h. In the growth season of 2012-2013, the installation location is the north and lateral roots (50cm underground depth, 30cm away from the trunk) at the DBH (1.3m).

At the same time with the observation of soil moisture content, the project measures the soil temperature data of Tamarix Tamarix forest in the lower reaches of Heihe River from 2011 to 2012, with a depth of 10, 30, 50, 80, 140cm and a frequency of 0.5h. The measuring instrument is 109ss produced by Campell company of the United States.

Soil water content is the key factor affecting the transpiration water consumption of plants in desert riparian forest. In this project, the typical plant communities in the lower reaches of Heihe River are selected, with coordinates of 42 ° 02 ′ 00.07 ″ N and 101 ° 02 ′ 59.41 ″ E. through continuous measurement of soil water data in 2010-2012, the observation instrument is environscan (Australia, ICT), with observation depth of 10, 30, 50, 80 and 140cm, and observation frequency of 0.5h Understanding the mechanism of environmental regulation of transpiration water consumption of desert riparian forest in the lower reaches of Heihe River provides basic data support.

The survey area is 101 ° 3 ′ 13.265 ″ longitude, 42 ° 1 ′ 53.660 ″ latitude and 883.54m altitude. The sample area is 100 × 100m, and the sample area is 20 × 20m. The crown width, height and DBH of Populus euphratica were investigated.

As an important parameter of permafrost research, the freezing-thawing index is of great significance to the research of permafrost, and it is also an important index for the research of climate change.The cumulative value of daily air temperature or surface soil temperature at a given time. This data is based on the daily surface temperature observation data of 15 regular meteorological stations in the heihe valley of China meteorological administration, and the annual surface freezing-thawing index of each meteorological station from 1960 to 2006 is calculated.

Groundwater is the main water source of desert riparian plants, and also the most important environmental factor affecting the normal physiological status of plants. In this project, an observation field was set up in Populus euphratica forest near the Alxa Desert eco hydrological experimental research station from 2011 to 2013 By manually measuring the groundwater depth every month in the year, it can provide basic data support for the study on the transpiration water consumption mechanism of Populus euphratica, and also can be used for the estimation of ecological water demand in the study area.

SPAC system is a comprehensive platform for observation of plant transpiration water consumption and environmental factors. In this project, a set of SPAC system is set up in the Alxa Desert eco hydrological experimental study. The main observation data include temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, photosynthetic effective radiation, etc. the sampling frequency is one hour. This data provides basic data support for the study of plant transpiration water environmental response mechanism.

Five different altitude zones were selected for this test. Their altitude, latitude and longitude are 3650 meters above sea level, latitude and longitude 99°55'24 E, 38°24'60" N; altitude of 3550 meters, latitude and longitude 99°55'28 E, 38°25'11" N; 3450 meters above sea level, longitude and latitude 99°55'38 E, 38°25'68" N; 3350 meters above sea level, longitude and latitude 99°55'37 E, 38°25'11" N; 3050 meters above sea level, longitude and latitude 99°55'42 E, 38°25'54" N. From May 31 to August 31, 2011, in the case of natural rainfall, the total rainfall was measured once every ten days using a rain gauge on five samples. To compare the difference in rainfall at different altitudes, it is necessary to combine the rainfall data observed by the project at the grassland weather station in 2011.

The dataset investigated the growth status of plants and leaf morphological indexes of single and conjoined red sand and pearl in the middle and lower reaches of heihe river basin in 2013. The growth indexes were crown width, plant height, and biomass of fine roots and thick roots.Leaf shape indicators are: length, width, thickness, and leaf area, volume, etc.The experimental observation indexes are: leaf nitrogen content, water potential, gas exchange data, chlorophyll fluorescence data. Data include: field observation data and explanatory documents.

1. Data overview: The sampling time of this data is from May 9, 2013 to March 29, 2014.The sampling frequency is once a week. The sampling point of the river is located at the outlet weir of the small haugou watershed in the upper reaches of the heihe river, with the latitude and longitude of 99 ° 52 '47.7 "E and 38 ° 16' 11" N. The sampling location of soil water is 300m above the no. 2 meteorological station, and the lower soil profile is 99°53 '31.333 "E,38°13' 50.637" N in longitude and latitude. 2. Data content: This data set contains the anion and anion values of the river at the outlet of the basin and the soil water at 300m above the no. 2 weather station. Data acquisition means - anion values were determined by Swiss wantong model 761/813 ion chromatograph.Cation is to use the model to the United States thermoelectric IRIS Intrepid Ⅱ XSPICP - AES determination.

一. data description The data included the spring flow observation data of 5 springs in the small gully basin in July 2012. 二. Sampling location The sampling point of quan 1 is xizhigou daquan, with the latitude and longitude of 99 ° 51 '23 "E, 38 ° 14' 33" N. The sampling point of spring 2 is 20 meters east of the outlet of the basin, with the latitude and longitude of 99°52 '50.9 "E,38°16' 11.44" N. The sampling point of spring 3 is 80 meters east of the outlet of the basin, with the latitude and longitude of 99°52 '52.8 "E,38°16' 11.24" N. The sampling point of spring 4 is 120 meters east of the outlet of the basin, with the latitude and longitude of 99°52 '55.9 "E,38°16' 11.4" N. The sampling point of quan 5 is 150 meters east of the outlet of the basin, with the latitude and longitude of 99°52 '55.9 "E,38°16' 11.5" N. 三. Test method By estimating the velocity of the spring and the cross-sectional area of the spring to estimate the size of the spring flow.