{"id":1877,"date":"2023-11-06T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T15:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2023-11-06T15:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T15:58:24","slug":"sanjeevani-panditharatne-research-postgraduate-department-of-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/2023\/11\/06\/sanjeevani-panditharatne-research-postgraduate-department-of-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanjeevani Panditharatne, Research Postgraduate, Department of Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1879\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/imperial-people\/files\/2023\/11\/Copy_of_Copy_of_Twitter_Socials-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u201cClimate change is the greatest challenge facing this generation, and a deeper understanding of it is vital for our planet\u2019s future.\u201d <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After graduating with a degree in Chemical Physics from the University of Bristol, I started a PhD in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/space-and-atmospheric-physics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space and Atmospheric Physics research group<\/a>, as I\u2019m determined to work in the field. Climate change is the greatest challenge facing this generation, and a deeper understanding of it is vital for our planet\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>My research is focused on the Earth\u2019s Radiation Budget, the difference between incoming radiation from the sun and the loss of energy to space through the reflection of solar radiation or the emission of thermal radiation \u2013 the kind of radiation that keeps us warm. Because of human activities, more thermal radiation is being trapped in our atmosphere, leading to a rise in the average global surface temperature. Models suggest that around half of the thermal radiation reaching the top of our atmosphere is in a region called the far-infrared.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Due to technical limitations, the top of atmosphere spectrum across the far-infrared has never been measured before. However, this is due to change with a number of upcoming space missions including the European Space Agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/FutureEO\/FORUM\/Introducing_FORUM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring<\/a> (FORUM) mission that is due to launch in 2027. Now that\u2019s where I come in!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m part of the FORUM team at Imperial, and my work has taken me from our South Kensington Campus to the Arctic Circle, all to nail down how different components of our Earth\u2019s system interact in the far-infrared. I focus on the effects of water vapour, our strongest greenhouse gas, and its role influencing the earth\u2019s radiation budget.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still lots of research to do \u2013 with our team developing a unique airborne instrument that measures in the far-infrared, and our ground-based instrument raring to go on another expedition. Here at Imperial the sky is in fact not the limit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cClimate change is the greatest challenge facing this generation, and a deeper understanding of it is vital for our planet\u2019s future.\u201d After graduating with a degree in Chemical Physics from the University of Bristol, I started a PhD in the Space and Atmospheric Physics research group, as I\u2019m determined to work in the field. 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