The kickoff meeting for the project titled "Attribution analysis of space-time representation and influence factors on Lop Nur drying process" was held on May 28, in Urumqi, Xinjiang.

Supported by Xinjiang Joint Fund, the project is designed to solve the long-standing problems existing in the field of Lop Nur research. By using radar detection techniques, this project intends to conduct space analysis for Lop Nur “drought rings”, to reconfirm Lop Nur scope quantitatively, and to divide relative periods of Lop Nur drying process,. The space-time representation of Lop Nur drying process will be realized using time-space information comprehensive analysis and environment evolution model with the data assimilation. The project implementation period is from 2014 to 2017.