Assessing soil water recovery after converting planted shrubs and grass to natural grass in the northern Loess Plateau of China

The measured data of soil moisture is the measured 0-4m profile data from 2004 to 2016 (Figures 3 and 4); The soil moisture data used for model correction is the soil moisture data measured at 1-4m depth from July 2004 to October 2008, a total of 480 data; The soil moisture data in the model validation period are 352 measured data of soil moisture at 1-4m depth from May 2009 to October 2013. The meteorological data during the model simulation period is the data from 1987 to 2016, of which the data from 1987 to 2009 are from Yulin Meteorological Station (ID: CHM00053646), and the data from 2010 to 2016 are collected from the meteorological station of Shenmu Experimental Station, Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the study area.