Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification Northwest Institute of Eco-Enviroment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou 730000 ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China;
Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification Northwest Institute of Eco-Enviroment and Resources Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou 730000 ChinaCAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101 China;
Department of Geography University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA;
Groundwater discharge; Lake level; Water balance; Badain Jaran Desert;