About the Authors

Fengmei Yang

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, China Meteorological Administration Training Centre, Beijing, China

Naiang Wang

Affiliation Center for Climate Change and Hydrologic Cycle in Arid Region, College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Feng Shi

shifeng@lasg.iap.ac.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modelling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist

Affiliation Department of History, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Shigong Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Zexin Fan

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

Junwei Lu

Affiliation Center for Climate Change and Hydrologic Cycle in Arid Region, College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FY NW FS FCL SW. Performed the experiments: FY FS. Analyzed the data: FY FS FCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FY FS ZF JL. Wrote the paper: FY FS FCL.