1. Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China
2. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
3. College of Earth Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China
4. Key Laboratory of Eco-Hydrology Inland River Basin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China
5. Alashan Desert Eco-Hydrology Experimental Research Station, Lanzhou, People’s Republic of China
6. School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences, International Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (ICACS), Institute of Agriculture and Environment (IAg&E), University of Southern Queensland, Springfield, Australia