Due to interference of vegetation by experiment in wind tunnel and observation in field,the boundary layer is divided into 2 sublayers approximately at the vegetation height.As for the vertical wind gradient,it changes disorderly in rough sublayer of the lower and changes regularly in inertial sublayer of the upper varying with vegetation characteristics.Erosion rate increases exponentially with vegetation coverage reduction.The establishment of shrub shelterbelt along Tarim Desert Highway made obvious effects not only on wind preventing and sand binding,but also on microclimate.Compared with mobile dune,air temperature is higher in summer and lower in autumn,while relative moisture is higher,and evaporation and soil temperature lower in the shrub shelterbelt.
