An Overview of the Semi-arid Climate and Environment Research Observatory over the Loess Plateau

作     者：黄建平 张武 左金清 闭建荣 史晋森 王鑫 常倬林 黄忠伟 杨溯 张北斗 王国印 冯广泓 袁九毅 张镭 左洪超 王式功 符淙斌 丑纪范 

作者机构：College of Atmospheric Sciences Lanzhou University Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia (RCE-TEA) Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《Advances in Atmospheric Sciences》 (大气科学进展（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第25卷第6期

页      面：906-921页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

基　　金：SACOL was sponsored by Lanzhou University through 985 Program the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No. 2006CB400501 the National Natural Science Founda- tion of China under Grant Nos. 40633017 and 40725015 

主　　题：cloud aerosol land surface semi-arid Loess Plateau SACOL 

摘      要：Arid and semi-arid areas comprise about 30% of the earth＇s surface. Changes in climate and climate variability will likely have a significant impact on these regions. The Loess Plateau over Northwest China is a special semi-arid land surface and part of a dust aerosol source. To improve understanding and capture the direct evidence of the impact of human activity on the semi-arid climate over the Loess Plateau, the Semi-Arid Climate and Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University （SACOL） was established in 2005. SACOL consists of a large set of instruments and focuses on： （1） monitoring of long term tendencies in semiarid climate changes; （2） monitoring of the aerosol effect on the water cycle; （3） studies of interaction between land surface and the atmosphere; （4） improving the land surface and climate models; and （5） validation of space-borne observations. This paper presents a description of SACOL objectives, measurements, and sampling strategies. Preliminary observation results are also reviewed in this paper.