Taklamakan Desert and Surrounding Mountainous Areas: Weather and Climate (This book is available for reference for experts, scholars, and production management personnel in relevant departments such as meteorology, climatology, environmental protection, geography, and petroleum.)

Author: Li Jiangfeng
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is one of the achievements of the comprehensive scientific investigation of the Taklamakan Desert by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The book is divided into 15 chapters and organized into 5 major parts: the causes and mechanisms of the formation of the weather and climate in the Taklamakan Desert; the characteristics, patterns, climate resources, and disasters; climate change; numerical simulation of desert climate; satellite cloud maps of the Taklamakan Desert and adjacent areas, as well as labor hygiene conditions. With the development of oil resources in this region, the book also elaborates on issues of drinking water and nutrition that people entering the desert are particularly concerned about. Most of the discussions in the book compare and research related issues both domestically and internationally, making it theoretically significant and practically valuable, and proposes some new viewpoints and ideas. The book is accompanied by a large number of tables and figures, including approximately 500 maps, with detailed data.