Seasonal variations and drivers of energy fluxes and partitioning along an aridity gradient in temperate grasslands of Northern China

•Energy partitioning regime transferred from H- to LE-dominated along the aridity gradient.•The role of vegetation in energy partitioning was strengthened from desert to meadow steppes.•Response of β to climate and vegetation factors was more sensitive with increasing aridity. Surface energy exchang...

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