Thermal inertia character in Tengeli Desert of west China and seeking source of dusty storm using remote sensing data

摘要

According to measurements in 2000, thermal inertia inverted by remote sensing data can judge both soil moisture and soil particle size associating. Thermal inertia and its differential is one of the judging index for causing dusty storm. Therefore soil moisture and soil particle size are major factors for causing dusty storm. We deemed Tengeli desert seems not to be major source of dusty storm of west-north China.