The center of gravity of China's new cropland has shifted from Northeast China to the
Xinjiang oasis areas where the ecological environment is relatively fragile. However, we …

Identifying flood risk-prone areas in the regions of extreme aridity conditions is essential for
mitigating flood risk and rainwater harvesting. Accordingly, the present work is addressed to …

In salt-affected and groundwater-fed oasis-desert systems, water and salt balance is
critically important for stable coexistence of oasis-desert ecosystems, especially in the …

In this study, we proposed a new integrated remote sensing drought monitoring indices, ie
Multiple Remote Sensing Drought Index integrated by Principal Component Analysis (PSDI) …

Cultivated land plays a vital role in human survival and the development of human
civilization. The cultivated land quality (CLQ) is of considerable significance for ensuring …

During the past decades, land use/land cover change (LUCC) has occurred in the glacial
affected areas at unpredictable rates driven by natural and human factors. Monitoring and …

Irrigated agriculture greatly affects the hydrological systems and thereby eco-environment
and food security in arid and semi-arid regions. However, a comprehensive assessment of …

Salinity and sodicity posing large risks to soil hydroecological functioning and agricultural
production. However, a comprehensive investigating of the long-term salinity and sodicity …

In this study, the Weather Research and Forecasting model was coupled with an improved
Noah land surface model (WRF‐Noah) where dynamic flood and drip irrigation processes …

The land-use and land-cover change has a significant impact on the climate at different
spatio-temporal scales. In this study, we explored the long term oasis expansion effects on …