Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Sci Rep. 2017 Jan 5;7:40238. doi: 10.1038/srep40238.
Previous studies proposed various hypotheses to the formation of the mega-dunes and water recharge of the lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert but left the coexistence of lake-dune pattern unsolved. This research found that the local circulation, generated from the differences of thermodynamic properties and the unique landscape settings between lakes and mega-dunes, can be applied to interpret the pattern.
先前的研究提出了各种假说来解释巴丹吉林沙漠中巨型沙丘的形成和湖泊的补水问题，但对于湖泊-沙丘共生模式仍未得出结论。本研究发现，由湖泊和巨型沙丘之间热力学性质的差异以及独特的景观设置所产生的局地环流，可以用来解释这种模式。
