Characteristics of near-surface wind regimes in the Taklimakan Desert, China

Aeolian dune-field pattern boundary conditions

“…However, the age of the modern field in this region of the Taklimakan is poorly constrained. Modern winds blow from the east-northeast (Wang et al, 2005;Zu et al, 2008). Although dunes in the study area at the eastern, upwind margin of the dune field have been interpreted as mostly linear forms (Wang et al, 2002(Wang et al, , 2005, the ubiquitous westward-facing slipfaces suggest instead that the dunes are compound/complex crescentic ridges oriented transverse to the modern winds.…”

Dust deposition and ambient PM<sub>10</sub> concentration in northwest China: spatial and temporal variability

“…Since the 1980s, the Aralkum Desert in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan has become one of world's youngest deserts and a potential source of salt dust in east Asia (Indoitu et al, 2012;Groll et al, 2013;Opp et al, 2016). Climate also directly influences the atmospheric environment of arid and semi-arid areas (Wei et al, 2004;Zu et al, 2008;Huang et al, 2014). The annual average precipitation in north, east and south Xinjiang is 237, 94 and 87 mm, respectively.…”

Spatial distribution of monthly potential evaporation over mountainous regions: case of the Lhasa River basin, China

“…Wind velocity (u) Generally, wind velocity increases with elevation in the free atmosphere (Riou 1984, Gualtieri and Secci 2011, Durisic and Mikulovic 2012. However, it is difficult to find the relationship between near surface wind velocities and their related elevations in mountainous regions, because wind velocities are irregular and markedly influenced by local topography (Zu et al 2008, Guo et al 2010. Therefore, in this study, the influence of elevation on wind velocity was not specifically investigated, and wind velocity is computed by applying a planar interpolation method directly without consideration of elevation influence.…”