Turbulent Mechanisms for the Deep Convective Boundary Layer in the Taklimakan Desert

The data were collected in July 2016 at the Tazhong meteorological station (39° 00'N, 83° 40'E), situated in the hinterland of the TD. The station is surrounded by relatively homogeneous shifting sand and dunes. The radiosonde data were collected from the GPS radiosonde system developed by the Beijing Institute of Radio Measurement. The variations of air density and specific heat capacity at constant pressure with height were empirically calculated using radiosondes. The turbulence data were obtained by the eddy covariance system (IGRASON, Campbell Scientific, Inc., USA) mounted on a mast, at a height of 3 m above the sand surface.