SACOL Mobile Facility was established by college of atmospheric sciences, Lanzhou University in late 2007. It mainly monitors the occurrence, development and long distance transport of sandstorm and researched dust aerosol particle’s effects on climate change. It consists of a large set of instruments and measure:

1) surface radiation;

2) meteorological parameters;

3) surface fluxes;

4) soil heat and moisture;

5) aerosol optical properties;

6) Lidar;

7) sky conditions.