Invited by Researcher Ma Xuanlong from the College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Dr. Li Wantong delivered an online academic report to our college on January 25, 2024.
Title: The Impact of Vegetation Structure and Physiology on the Global Carbon-Water Cycle
Reporter: Dr. Li Wantong (MPI-BGC)
Time:17:00, January 25, 2024
Tencent Meeting ID:641-106-767
Moderator:Ma Xuanlong (Lanzhou University)
Report Content:
This report focuses on the dynamic response of terrestrial ecosystem vegetation to climate change and its impact on the carbon-water cycle. Vegetation absorbs carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and transports water to the atmosphere through transpiration. Vegetation function is determined by its structure and physiology. Understanding these aspects helps to predict the response of terrestrial ecosystem vegetation to global change. Satellite and ground observations provide increasing research opportunities, and new satellite remote sensing (TROPOMI SIF, ECOSTRESS ET, multi-frequency VOD, etc.) has important value for understanding the impact of global vegetation structure, physiology, and carbon sequestration and evapotranspiration. The combination of ground observations and high-resolution satellite remote sensing can more comprehensively infer ecosystem scales and processes, and develop Earth system models.
Reporter Profile:
Dr. Li Wantong is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC, Jena), Germany. He received his Ph.D. from the Hydrology-Biosphere-Climate Interactions Group at MPI-BGC. He is currently working in the group led by Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein, head of the Biogeochemical Integration Department. His main research directions include the long-term dynamic response of terrestrial ecosystem vegetation, remote sensing observations of large-scale vegetation physiology and structure, vegetation-carbon-water response to extreme events, and data-driven terrestrial ecosystem and sustainable development transformation. During his Ph.D. studies, he published 4 SCI papers as the first author, including 2 papers published in Nature Communications. He has also collaborated on 6 SCI papers. He serves as a reviewer for multiple high-level journals.
College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
February 13, 2024
