Underrated yet vital: Vegetation restoration-driven non-growing season land surface roughness in the Eastern Hobq Desert, Northern China

This database is the land surface roughness data and near-surface characteristics data set of 11 sites in the Hobq Desert. Note. SP-Salix psammophila, CK-Caragana korshinskii, AO-Artemisia ordosica, PS-Populus simonii, SL-sandy land, and the number is restoration age (year).SD, stem diameter; LD, litter density; LT, litter thickness; LC, litter coverage; BCT, biological crust thickness; BCC, biological crust coverage; BD, bulk density; SOC, soil organic matter content; Sand, sand content; Silt, silt content; Clay, clay content; SWC, soil water content.LSR-land surface roughness