1. College of Geography and Remote Sensing Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China
2. College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
3. Departments of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
4. Xinjiang Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture Environmental Monitoring Station, Korla, China
5. Xinjiang Institute of Technology, Aksu, China
6. GeoInformatic Unit, Geography Section, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), George Town, Penang, Malaysia
7. Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Nanjing, China
8. Xinjiang Guohuan Hongtai Inspection and Testing Company Ltd., Urumqi, China