1. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and GeographyChinese Academy of Sciences Urumqi China
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
3. Meteorological and climatological departementRoyal Meteorological Institute Brussels Belgium
4. Department of Physics and AstronomyGhent University Ghent Belgium
5. Department of Geography and Environmental ManagementUniversity of Port Harcourt Port Harcourt Nigeria
6. School of Geography and Ocean ScienceNanjing University Nanjing China
7. CAS Key Laboratory of Biogeography and Bioresources in Arid Land, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and GeographyChinese Academy of Sciences Urumqi China
8. Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central AsiaChinese Academy of Sciences Urumqi China