Abstract:Using the hourly data of net radiation flux and soil heat flux in gravel-mulched fields and desert grassland in 2021, based on conventional meteorological statistical methods, the change characteristics of net radiation flux and soil heat flux at different time scales were compared and analyzed, and the change rules of energy balance components of different underlying surfaces were discussed. The results indicate that: (1) the net radiation flux of gravel-mulched fields and grassland is lower at two ends and higher in the middle, and the net radiation flux of gravel-mulched fields is higher than that of grassland. The soil heat flux of the two types of underlying surface changes gently, and the soil heat flux of the gravel-mulched fields in spring and summer is lower than that of the grassland, but it is just the opposite in autumn and winter. (2) The monthly total net radiation flux of gravel-mulched fields and grassland shows a trend of first increasing and then decreasing, with the maximum value appearing in July and the minimum value appearing in December and January, respectively. The variation of soil heat flux is gentle, with the maximum value appearing in May and the minimum value appearing in November and December respectively. (3) The monthly average daily changes of net radiation flux and soil heat flux in different months are unimodal, and the daily peak value of soil heat flux lags behind the net radiation flux by 1 ~ 2 hours. The daily peak value of net radiation flux in gravel-mulched fields is higher than that in grassland, and the difference is great in different months, while the daily peak value of soil heat flux is small. (4) Under different weather conditions, the net radiation flux and soil heat flux of gravel-mulched fields and grassland have different diurnal variation characteristics, and the diurnal variation trend and amplitude have obvious seasonal differences. In addition, the fluctuation amplitude of net radiation flux and soil heat flux of the two types of underlying surface is the largest in sunny days, followed by cloudy days, sand blowing/sandstorm, and the smallest in rain/snow days.