Title: Monitoring Earth's Climate Change with Earth Observation Technology - New Insights in Climate Physics and Low-Carbon Transition
Presenter: Professor Gottfried Kirchengast, Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Time: April 17, 2024 (Wednesday) 14:30-16:30
Location: Conference 201, Building 3
Abstract:
Earth observation technology is one of the key tools for monitoring global climate warming and its associated social, environmental, and economic changes. Professor Kirchengast will present how recent advancements in earth observation technology have deepened our understanding and modeling of the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. He will reveal the fundamental physical principles underlying the relationship between human activities and climate change, including how greenhouse gas emissions evolve and lead to global warming through radiative forcing, energy balance, and climate system responses.
Focus on how to utilize atmospheric observation technology to study the climate impacts and solutions of greenhouse gas emissions. Take the intensified extreme weather as an example, introduce how to cleverly use high-resolution observation data to introduce a new kind of index to track and monitor the evolution of extreme weather. At the same time, demonstrate how to calculate and determine the carbon emission budgets of different targets while ensuring that the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C is achieved.
Finally, Professor Kirchengast will present his research team's developed carbon management solutions and methodologies to advance the achievement of climate targets aligned with the Paris Agreement. He will also outline how earth observation technology can help facilitate the transition from a high-carbon society to a low-carbon one.