Dataset for "Seasonal dynamics and spatial patterns of soil moisture in a loess catchment"

In this study, volumetric soil moisture was monitored monthly for 5.5 years (April 2016 to October 2021) at 20 cm intervals between the surface and 5 m depth at 89 sites across a small (0.43 km²) catchment on the Chinese Loess Plateau. The median soil moisture was computed for each month and depth for each monitoring site as a measure of the typical soil moisture conditions. Here is the dataset for median soil moisture which can support our main finding:monthly_median_volumetric_soil_moisture_pct: the median soil moisture for each month and depth for each monitoring site during the measurement period,monthly_average_p_q_pet: the average monthly precipitation, average monthly potential evapotranspiration during the soil moisture measurement period, and the monthly streamflow from June 2016 to May 2017,monthly_average_solar_radiation_Wm2: the average solar radiation for each month and for each site over the soil moisture measurement period,topographic_attributes: the slope aspect and the topographic wetness index for each site.<br>