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Erik Loebel

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Scientific Officer at the Copernicus Climate Change Service πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί | Satellite Observations πŸ›°οΈ | Ocean and Cryosphere πŸŒŠβ„οΈπŸ§Š

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ECMWF invites tenders to build a web app to visualise satellite-derived ECVs from #CopernicusClimate in the Climate Data Store. Designed for users of all data-skill levels, with features like interactive time exploration + point time series.

Deadline: 20 Feb.
πŸ”— climate.copernicus.eu/cjs2231-web-...

05.02.2026 09:07 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In the @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Global Climate Highlights 2025 report we used #dataviz to present its key messages and bring them to a wider audience. This first example shows daily temperature anomalies from 1940 to 2025 and it was inspired by the work of @erwanrivault.com (BBC)

14.01.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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How does the #cryosphere shape our climate, and how do we track its changes? Dr. Erik Loebel from #C3S shares a first-hand account on monitoring glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice and permafrost, and why it matters.Β 

Read more: climate.copernicus.eu/c3s-behind-s...

04.11.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Greenlandification of Antarctica Nature Geoscience - Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of...

🚨New paper 🚨@natgeosci.nature.com Greenlandification of Antarctica - comment by me + colleagues @dmidk.bsky.social @eo4cryo.bsky.social + @universityofleeds.bsky.social showing how Antarctica increasingly resembles Greenland- drawing on a mass of work from @esaclimate.bsky.social

rdcu.be/eJiqJ

03.10.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

πŸŒπŸ›°οΈ We are looking for new climate data products! Among these – Permafrost, which will complete our range of cryosphere ECVs monitored within #C3S.

24.07.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last Friday, my amazing colleagues at @tudresden.bsky.social gave me this very fancy hat! πŸŽ“ #PhDone

I’m incredibly grateful to them and to everyone else who has supported me over the past few years. Very excited for the next adventures to come.

07.07.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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MΓ©lange or landfast ice: What controls seasonal calving at Greenland outlet glaciers? Abstract. Landfast sea ice and glacier mΓ©lange are part of a continuum of ice forms in front of marine-terminating outlet glaciers in Greenland. MΓ©lange (sikussaq) has been posited to offer a buttress...

What controls seasonal calving in Greenland? New preprint just landed in the EGUsphere - reporting our glacier melange results from fieldwork on the fast ice and (unusually for glaciology) in the melange zone itself in NW #Greenland near Qaanaaq: πŸ₯Όβ„οΈπŸŒŠβ›οΈβš’οΈπŸ§ͺ

egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

26.06.2025 07:54 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just wrapped up an exciting trip to the #CopernicusClimate GA! This was a fantastic occasion to meet the C3S team and connect with the wider climate data community.

Additionally, I had the change to present on ice sheet monitoring and how our ECV program is facilitating and advancing these efforts.

05.06.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The system of atmosphere, land, ice and ocean in the region near the 79N Glacier in northeast Greenland: synthesis and key findings from the Greenland Ice Sheet–Ocean Interaction (GROCE) experiment Abstract. The Greenland Ice Sheet has steadily lost mass over the past decades, presently representing the second-largest single contributor to global sea-level rise. In line with the rest of the Gree...

The GROCE project accompanied me for many years during my PhD. I am thrilled that our overview paper has finally been published. This paper presents a consistent picture of the atmosphere-ice sheet-ocean system in northeast Greenland as it enters a phase of major change.

doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...

09.05.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The #ESOTC2024 report is out! Explore the contrasts across Europe, from the dry and often record-warm conditions in the east to warm but wet conditions in the west. #ESOTC2024 is a joint effort between #CopernicusClimate and @wmo-global.bsky.social, together with over 100 scientists. bit.ly/3G9MdEX

15.04.2025 07:02 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 12
Code for Earth 2025 Teaser
Code for Earth 2025 Teaser YouTube video by ECMWF Code for Earth

πŸš€ Code for Earth 2025 is here! Bringing together tech, science & innovation to tackle earth & climate challenges. Ready to code for a better planet? Watch our teaser & join the movement! πŸŽ¬πŸ‘‡ youtu.be/XfxareNX-wM

13.02.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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This week I am excited to start a new chapter @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social where I will be working as a Scientific Officer in the Climate Intelligence team. In this new role, I'll be developing, evaluating and promoting the use of satellite-based ECV datasets and related services.

06.03.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The year 2025 is off to a very exciting start for me.

Last week, I finally submitted my PhD thesis. It has been a wonderful 5 years @tudresden.bsky.social and @awi.de and I am very grateful to many colleagues and friends who have supported me along the way.

06.03.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Big thanks to my co-authors Celia Baumhoer, Andreas Dietz, Mirko Scheinert and Martin Horwath, and also to @tudresden.bsky.social , Alfred Wegener Institute and @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social

10.01.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This dataset covers the period from 2013 to 2023 and includes thousands of calving front entries, achieving a sub-seasonal temporal resolution. Here is an example for the Larsen-B embayment.

10.01.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Building on our large base of Greenland training data, we applied our proven deep learning processing system to 42 key glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet.

10.01.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Calving front positions for 42 key glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet: a sub-seasonal record from 2013 to 2023 based on deep-learning application to Landsat multi-spectral imagery Abstract. Calving front positions of marine-terminating glaciers are an essential parameter for understanding dynamic glacier changes and constraining ice modelling. In particular, for the Antarctic P...

Our new Antarctic Peninsula glacier calving front data product has finally been published! This dataset will help to better understand outlet glacier dynamics on an intra-annual scale, study ice–ocean interactions in more detail and constrain glacier models.

doi.org/10.5194/essd...

10.01.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last week I had the opportunity to present our latest research to the ice altimetry community at the #CRYO2ICE symposium. I talked about AWI-ICENet1, our new AI-based retracking algorithm for ice altimetry (doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...). I took home fantastic feedback and a lot to think about.

30.09.2024 10:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Calving front monitoring at a subseasonal resolution: a deep learning application for Greenland glaciers Abstract. The mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet is strongly influenced by the dynamics of its outlet glaciers. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to accurately and continuously monitor the...

This paper has been a long time in the making and I am exited to see it published. It represents an important step towards the development of #AI processing strategies for #glacier monitoring in #Greenland.

doi.org/10.5194/tc-1...

25.07.2024 11:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home sweet home after our exciting field campaign in East Antarctica carrying out geodetic and geophysical measurements. Our results will contribute to a better understanding of the interactions between solid earth, ice sheet and ocean.

See our reports for details: tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/ge...

16.04.2024 12:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Updates on our expedition work will be posted under this link throughout the cruise:
follow-polarstern.awi.de
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05.02.2024 09:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our project concentrates around a field camp at Gaussberg. During this time we will carry out a wide range of geodetic, geophysical and photogrammetric measurements. This survey will allow us to determine changes in ice height and speed over a period of 120 years. 3/4

05.02.2024 09:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gaussberg was discovered in 1902 by the first German Antarctic Expedition under Erich von Drygalski, who named it after his expedition ship "Gauss". Remarkably, during this expedition an extensive surveying programm of Gaussberg and its surrounding glaciers was carried out. 2/4

05.02.2024 09:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow it finally starts! On board RV Polarstern, I'm heading for East Antarctica. This expedition will link ice sheet instabilities, ocean circulation and geoscientific fieldwork. As part of this, our research project is focussing around one site in particular – the extinct volcano Gaussberg. 1/4

05.02.2024 09:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Updates on our expedition work will be posted under this link throughout the cruise:
follow-polarstern.awi.de

05.02.2024 09:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our project concentrates around a field camp at Gaussberg. During this time we will carry out a wide range of geodetic, geophysical and photogrammetric measurements. This survey will allow us to determine changes in ice height and speed over a period of 120 years.

05.02.2024 09:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Geoscience Connections
Geoscience Connections 'Geoscience Connections' leads you through a fascinating journey through the Earth’s history, explained by eight early-career researchers who represent each...

’Geoscience Connections’ offers a fascinating journey though the Earth's history. It was a great pleasure to contribute to this project, talk about the cryosphere, and represent the IACS.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Xv...

20.12.2023 12:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0