[Lecture] Research Progress of Satellite Remote Sensing in Air Quality Improvement and Methane Emission Reduction

Lecturer: Qin Kai(China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou))

Date: December 29, 2023 (Friday)

Time: 10:00-12:00 a.m.

Venue: Lecture Hall, 1st Floor, Western Library

Introduction to the lecture:: Satellite remote sensing technology has become an important means to quantitatively monitor atmospheric composition, reveal pollution mechanisms, and calculate carbon emissions. This report will introduce the latest research progress of the environmental remote sensing team of China University of Mining and Technology in using satellite remote sensing technology to support air pollution control and methane emission reduction in combination with the recently released Action Plan for Continuous Improvement of Air Quality and Methane Emission Control Action Plan released by the country, including remote sensing monitoring and inversion of aerosol particulate matter, remote sensing monitoring and inversion of nitrogen oxides, and collaborative inversion of methane emission satellite ground observation data. In addition, a presentation will be made on the International Society for Remote Sensing of the Atmospheric Environment, which the reporter co-initiated.

About the lecturer: Qin Kai, male, professor, director of the Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information, China University of Mining and Technology, deputy director of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coal-based Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Resource Utilization. Visiting scholar at the German Aerospace Center and Yonsei University in South Korea. He presided over the National Natural Science Foundation of China (3 projects). He has published more than 90 papers (more than 30 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author), published 2 monographs, and authorized 3 invention patents. He is also the Secretary-General of the International Society for Remote Sensing of the Atmospheric Environment, and the Secretary-General of the Digital Energy Committee of the Chinese National Committee of the International Society for Digital Earth.