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The decrease of salinity in lakes on the Tibetan Plateau between 2000 and 2019 based on remote sensing model inversions

Chong Liua State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;b Piesat Information Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Liping Zhua State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Junbo Wanga State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-519XView further author information
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Jianting Jua State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1452-015XView further author information
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Qingfeng Maa State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-0448View further author information
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Qiangqiang Koua State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Environment and Resources (TPESER), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0987-4620View further author information
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Pages 2644-2659 | Received 30 Mar 2023, Accepted 02 Jul 2023, Published online: 10 Jul 2023

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