Table 1.

Data of climate from the meteorological observatories in the research area.

Meteorological observatories	Locations	AMT/°C	AMP/mm	Atmospheric pressure/hPa	Alt./m
WLMQ	Northern slope	6.9	269.4	912.1	918.7
MOS	Northern slope	-5.2	453.4	653.5	3539.0
BLT	Southern slope	6.6	208.4	834.9	1738.3
YQ	Southern slope	8.4	73.3	903.6	1055.8

WLMQ, Wulumuqi Meteorological Observatory; MOS, Mountain Observation Station of the Tianshan Glaciological Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences; BLT, Baluntai Meteorological Observatory; YQ, Yanqi Meteorological Observatory; AMT, annual mean temperature; AMP, annual mean precipitation.