Toptic: Remote sensing observation of aerosols and clouds

Speaker: A/Prof. Li Jing

Peking University

Time: 19: 20-21: 30, December 14th, 2021 (Tuesday),

Venue: A113, Sixth Teaching Building, Tsinghua University (online participation is also available)

Tencent Conference (ID: 765 795 433)

Introduction to the Lecture:

Aerosols and clouds play an important role in the global climate system, exerting a significant impact on global and local weather, climate and environment by influencing global energy balance and water cycle. Therefore, it is of critical importance to observe the optical and microphysical properties of aerosols and clouds. The remote sensing of aerosol and cloud is also the most difficult challenge in atmospheric remote sensing and detection by far. This report focuses on the key issues of aerosol and cloud remote sensing, especially satellite remote sensing, and introduces the basic principles, main methods and data products of aerosol and cloud remote sensing, as well as some latest research developments in these two fields.

Profile of the Speaker:

Li Jing is a tenured associate professor of the School of Physics, Peking University. She graduated from Peking University with a bachelor’s degree in 2006, and from Columbia University with a doctoral degree in 2011. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) from 2011 to 2013, and as Associate Research Fellow of NASA GISS from 2013 to 2015. She is mainly engaged in atmospheric physics and atmospheric environment research, including pollutant-meteorological interaction, aerosol remote sensing and radiation effect, etc. She has published more than 50 SCI papers, with a total citation of more than 1,500 times. She has been selected into the national talent plan, presided over natural science projects, key research and development projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology and many other national-level projects. She has won honors such as Elsevier/JQSRT Richard Goody Award. She has served on the editorial board of several journals including Science Bulletin and Frontiers in Remote Sensing. She is Chairwoman of the Youth Committee of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS).