Erratum to: Environ Earth Sci DOI 10.1007/s12665-014-3937-7

The authors would like to correct the errors in the original publication as below.

The correct version of the author affiliations is given below:

Y. Ao, S. Lyu, B. Han, Z. Li (✉)

Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

e-mail: lzgnuist@163.com

Z. Li

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China