About the Authors

Yaping Chang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jie Wang

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Researches and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

Dahe Qin

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

Yongjian Ding

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

zhangsq@lzb.ac.cn (SZ); dyj@lzb.ac.cn (YD)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

Qiudong Zhao

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

Fengjing Liu

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

Shiqiang Zhang

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

zhangsq@lzb.ac.cn (SZ); dyj@lzb.ac.cn (YD)

Affiliations Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.