A dataset of carbon and water fluxes of the grassland ecosystem at Damao Station (2011, 2012, 2014)

The raw observation data acquired by the eddy covariance system at the Damao desert steppe ecosystem research station were processed based on the ChinaFLUX data processing specifications to produce this standardized dataset of ecosystem carbon and water fluxes and key meteorological elements. The station is located about 13.5 kilometers northwest of Bailingmiao Town in the Darhan Muminggan Joint Banner, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China. The temporal coverage of this dataset encompasses the year 2011, 2012, and 2014. The data for each year consists of 8 Excel data files, divided into two categories: LITE, which includes major fluxes and meteorological variables, and ALL, which adds data quality and interpolation indicators on the basis of LITE. Each category has four data files, including data files at four scales: half-hour (HH), day (DD), month (MM), and year (YY).