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Independent experts nominated by country party

Wanquan Ta

Title
Prof.
First name
Wanquan
Last name
Ta
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Geography
Desertification
Hydrology
Other Disciplines
Soil and water conservation
UN languages spoken

English

Geographical Focus
China
Mongolia
Job function
Research Professor
Division
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
Email
tawq@lzb.ac.cn
Telephone number
86 931 4967539/mobile:13919480335
Work experience
1.From 2003 to 2005 , Responsible for the project:“Research on dust emission rates in the primary dust sources in the Northwest China”,which is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China;_x000D_
2.From 2005 to 2007, Responsible for the project : “Effects of aeolian coarse sands on the channel siltation in the Inner Mongolia reach of the Yellow River ”, which is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China;_x000D_
3.From 2005 to 2007, Responsible for the project: “Dust emission and environments in Northwest China”, which is supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences;_x000D_
4.From 2011 to 2015, Advisory for the Project: “Aeolian-Fluvial Process and its controlling mechanism in the desert valley in the Upper Reach of the Yellow River” , Which is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Bachelor degree of Geography in Ningxia University from 1989 to 1993;_x000D_
Master Degree of Geography in Lanzhou Desert Research Institute, CAS from 1993 to 1996;_x000D_
Ph.D of Geography in Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1998 to 2003
Number of Publications
43
Publication titles
1. Wanquan Ta, Tao Wang, et al. 2004, Gaseous and particulate air pollution in the Lanzhou Valley, China, Science of the Total Environment, 320:163-176. _x000D_
2. Wanquan Ta, Zhibao Dong, Caidan Sanzhi. 2006, Effect of the 1950s large-scale migration for land reclamation on spring dust storms in Northwest China. Atmospheric Environment, 40, 5815-5823._x000D_
3. Wanquan Ta, Zhibao Dong. 2007. Simulation on sand grain/bed collision mechanism: Cascade collision and ejection (1). Geomorphology, 89,348-357 _x000D_
4. Wanquan Ta et al, 2008. Long-term morphodynamic changes of a desert reach of the Yellow River following upstream large reservoirs’ operation. Geomorphology, 97,249-259_x000D_
5. Wanquan Ta et al,_2011. Downstream fining in contrasting reaches of the sand-beded Yellow River. Doi:10.1002/hyp.8065
Other activities
1. Executive Vice Chief Editor for Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions
Awards
1. First Prize for Contribution to Science and Technology Development issued by Gansu Province in 2007;_x000D_
2. Second Prizes for Contribution to Science and Technology Development issued by Gansu Province in 2002 and 2006;_x000D_
3. Geography of the Ninth National Youth Science and Technology Award in 2007
Organisation name
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Organisation street address
320 Donggang West Road,, 730000
Organisation city
Lanzhou
Organisation country
China