Climate Change
Extreme weather and climate events are events in which the state of weather and climate
deviates seriously from its mean state, and they are typically rare. One of the most visible
consequences of climate change leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, and
duration of extreme weather and climate events. In recent years the severe disasters resulted
from heat waves, heavy downpours, severe storms, and wild fires are frequently reported in the
media with astonishing economic losses all over the world. For examples, the extreme cold wave
occurred in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China in Jan 2016 was rare in meteorological record
and called the ‘century cold wave’, frequent Arctic sudden warming events are regarded as
extraordinary, and the extreme heat wave happened in north Europe in July 2018.
This project will focus on monitoring extreme weather and climate events over Europe and China
using Chinese and European newly developed remote sensing data. Specific scientific focuses
of the proposed project are: (i) monitoring winter extreme warming or cold events over China and
Europe; (ii) monitoring severe ozone depletion events over China or Europe; (iii) monitoring
extreme summer heat waves over China and Europe; (iv) monitoring extreme precipitation events
over China and Europe.
This research is a joint project between National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC), China
Meteorological Administration (CMA) and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
(SMHI). SMHI’s participation will be partly covered by the on-going project “Simulating Green
Sahara with Earth System Model” supported by Swedish Research Council VR. The SU and
SMHI team will apply for additional funding from the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA) for
more detailed scientific research on extreme events based on the data obtain within this project.
The NSMC’s work will be partly supported by the on-going project funded by the National Natural
Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China. The
NSMC team will also apply for additional funding from Chinese Academy of Sciences. The ozone
sounding data over the Tibetan Plateau will be available for the project.
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