The study compared moisture levels in two types of soil in a desert steppe area. They looked at data from 2017 to 2018 and found that rainfall varied between the two years. Soil moisture changed in two phases throughout the growing season, with shallow soil reacting quickly to rainfall while deep soil remained stable. The two soil types differed in how they stored and used water, with one type accumulating moisture in 2017 and both types using up water in 2018. The researchers also noted that precipitation affected soil moisture differently in the two soil types. Overall, the study showed that soil moisture dynamics varied between the sierozem and aeolian sandy soil in the desert steppe.