Late Oligocene–early Miocene birth of the Taklimakan Desert [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015 As the world’s second largest sand sea and one of the most important dust sources to the global aerosol system, the formation of the Taklimakan Desert marks a major environmental event in central Asia during the Cenozoic.
Fred Jourdan, Peter Clift, Ryuji Tada
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High Proportions of Radiation-Resistant Strains in Culturable Bacteria from the Taklimakan Desert [PDF]
Biology, 2022 The Taklimakan Desert located in China is the second-largest shifting sand desert in the world and is known for its harsh conditions. Types of γ-rays or UV radiation-resistant bacterial strains have been isolated from this desert. However, there is
Minghui Wu, Gaosen Zhang
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Simulation and Analysis of Land-Surface Processes in the Taklimakan Desert Based on Noah LSM
Advances in Meteorology, 2019 This study evaluated the Noah land-surface model performance to simulate the land-surface process during different weather conditions in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert.
Huoqing Li, Ali Mamtimin, Chenxiang Ju
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A high-resolution multi-proxy record of late Cenozoic environment change from central Taklimakan Desert, China [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2013 The Taklimakan Desert in the Tarim Basin is the largest desert in Central Asia, and is regarded as one of the main dust sources to the Northern Hemisphere.
X. Wang +8 more
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Evaluation of CAMEL over the Taklimakan Desert Using Field Observations
Land, 2023 Infrared (IR) land surface emissivity (LSE) plays an important role in numerical weather prediction (NWP) models through the satellite radiance assimilation.
Yufen Ma +5 more
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HR-Mamba: Building Footprint Segmentation with Geometry-Driven Boundary Regularization [PDF]
SensorsBuilding extraction underpins land-use assessment, urban planning, and disaster mitigation, yet dense urban scenes still cause missed small objects, target adhesion, and ragged contours.
Buyu Su +7 more
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The Impacts of Taklimakan Dust Events on Chinese Urban Air Quality in 2015 [PDF]
Atmosphere, 2018 Aerosols are an important factor affecting air quality. As the largest source of dust aerosol of East Asia, the Taklimakan Desert in Northwest China witnesses frequent dust storm events, which bring about significant impacts on the downstream air quality.
Xiaoyu Li, Xiaodong Liu, Zhi-Yong Yin
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Remote SensingIn earth science research, digital elevation models (DEMs) serve as essential tools for acquiring terrain information. However, existing research has primarily focused on geomorphic units like mountainous and forested regions, while research on extreme ...
Mingyu Wang +3 more
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Dust Vortex in the Taklimakan Desert by Himawari-8 High Frequency and Resolution Observation. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 The Taklimakan Desert is known to be one of the world’s major sources of aeolian dust particles. Continuous images with 10-min temporal and 2-km spatial resolutions from a new-generation geostationary meteorological satellite captured the lifecycle ...
Yumimoto K, Kajino M, Tanaka TY, Uno I.
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Saltation Activity on Non-Dust Days in the Taklimakan Desert, China
Remote Sensing, 2022 Dust aerosols persistently affect nearly all landscapes worldwide, and the saltation activity caused by dusty weather (e.g., dust days) releases considerable amounts of aerosol into the atmosphere.
Xinghua Yang +6 more
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