Mario Mech

Logo of COMPEX (clouds over complex environment) showing a sketch of an aircraft, satellite, and clouds over sea ice and ocean.

One week from now, #COMPEX will kick off in #Svalbard. #Polar5 from #AWI will be operated to observe clouds over sea ice and around the #AWIPEV research base in #NyAlesund and to perform #EarthCARE underflights. 🧪 #remotesensing #AC3
@unicologne.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @awi.de @esa.int

NERC's sudden decision to cease funding for FAAM by the end of this month is bad news for the EarthCARE satellite - in this letter members of the EarthCARE Quality Working Group (of which I am a member) explain why: www.met.reading.ac.uk/~swrhgnrj/fa...

Excellent statement from RMetS questioning the decision to cease funding for the FAAM aircraft: www.rmets.org/news/stateme...

New study by @hailingjia.bsky.social, collaboration between @sronspace.bsky.social @meteoleipzig.bsky.social and others: how to obtain best satellite info about cloud condensation nuclei to quantify aerosol-cloud interactions: assimilation for vertical resolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I love this view. Looking forward to see it again in three weeks.

Job opportunity! 3.5-year postdoc at the Dept of Meteorology, University of Reading, to improve convective storms in high resolution models using #EarthCARE and other data, including close collaboration with both ECMWF and the Met Office - deadline 27 February: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

The left column shows various EarthCARE measurements of a deep nimbostratus cloud over Ontario. The right column shows comparisons between EarthCARE’s estimates and in situ aircraft measurements. The bottom two rows confirm that the terminal fall speed of snowflakes is fairly constant whereas the vertical motion of the air fluctuates rapidly and can be estimated well from EarthCARE, the first time this has been possible from space.

There have now been 100 aircraft under-flights of #EarthCARE, each providing invaluable information to calibrate and validate the data products. This example shows very good agreement between EarthCARE and aircraft vertical air motion in nimbostratus. Full article here: earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

Danke für die Erinnerung. Werde wieder schön mit Decke und einer Kanne Tee in den Park gehen.

Well done!

Got it! Sorry, didn't want to weaken or attack this point.

Great stuff! I love both I have. The ones for icy roads, snow, and hiking. And those I use for running. But why always buy on Amazon. Use your local dealer if possible, or some other online option. Beff Jezos has more than enough money, in my opinion.

It took me a while, but finally, I can say: "F*CK off #spotify ! Welcome #qobuz and #antennapod !"

Spannend. @marcuwekling.bsky.social kündigt gerade auf dem #39C3 den DID an, den Digital Independence Day (zu deutsch DUT - Digitaler Unabhängigkeitstag). Start 4. Januar 2026.

Ziel: Wechseln zu unabhängigen Alternativen

Einmal im Monat einen Dienst wechseln. Mehr Infos dann auf www.di.day

Ulf Buermeyer und Philip Banse

Die neue Lage ist online - Folge 458:

* USA: Neue Sicherheitsstrategie kündigt der EU die Freundschaft

* Wehrdienst: Was ist davon zu halten, wenn Leute sich „verpissen“ wollen?

* Social Media: Was bringen Altersgrenzen - und kann man sie auch durchsetzen?

Gleich reinhören 🎧

lage.link/ldn/458

Radar reflectivity through Hurricane Humberto: top is EarthCARE, middle is the ECMWF 9-km model and bottom is the ECMWF 4.4-km model.

In this ECMWF blog post, Mark Fielding compares model simulations at 9- and 4.4-km resolution with #EarthCARE radar observations of Hurricane Humberto, which was sampled right through its eye on 28 September 2025: www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Schwarz-Rot verständigt sich auf Industriestrompreis, Kraftwerkstrategie und Senkung der Luftverkehrsteuer Das Streitthema Wehrpflicht war schon vorab abgeräumt worden, nun konnten sich Union und SPD auf weitere Kompromisse verständigen: Der Industriestrompreis kommt und auch Fliegen soll günstiger werden....

Senkung der Luftverkehrssteuer?! Warum kommt ihr nicht auf die Idee "Bahn fahren wird günstiger"?
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

Schaubild, Dienstwagen Privileg vs deutschlandticket Förderung des bundes pro Jahr .in Euro

#deutschlandticket 9€ jetzt

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Die neue Lage ist online - Folge 446:

* Trumps MAGA-Team schlachtet Mord an Charlie Kirk aus

* Bedingt abschussbereit: Wie reagieren auf Russlands Drohnen-Angriff?

* Wie umgehen mit all den schlechten Nachrichten? Schickt uns eine Sprachnachricht: lage.link/signal

Hören: 🎧

lage.link/ldn/446

CONTRASTS Expedition - Wikipedia

Back from the CONTRASTS expedition (July–Sept)!
We studied 3 types of Arctic sea ice, revisiting each site 4 times.
I wrote a short overview here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONTRAS...

Definitely train whenever possible. Like last week from Cologne to Ireland, though there was some ferry included for the final step.

I truly enjoyed the first day. Thanks for organizing.

Had a really amazing first day at the 41st international AMS radar conference in Toronto, with super interesting discussions. Looking forward to the next few days. @ametsoc-radar.bsky.social @ametsoc.org #ams41radar

Die Rechten haben Recht! Aber anders, als ihr denkt... | heute-show YouTube video by ZDF heute-show

Alter...ja, wir werden überflutet von guten Videos und politischen Statements.

Das hier ist für mich der Clip des Monats. Echt. Ohne Blödsinn.

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PS: liken ist Silber, reposten ist Gold

EarthCARE lifetime update: mission targets 2034 and beyond - Earth Online Just over a year after launch, an analysis of the available fuel on board EarthCARE has revealed that the mission has the potential to remain operational for at least 10 years, more than double its or...

EarthCARE has enough fuel for a mission of at least 10 years! This is fantastic news for using EarthCARE for climate science and assimilation, and is much more than the 3-4 years originally envisaged! earth.esa.int/eogateway/ne...

Does this mean you must shift your planned ice stations further to the north?

Honestly, I'm pretty sure they do the cryosphere, but for the heliosphere I would need to make some surveys or consult colleagues. But not in the night train.

Bed with view in sleeping car of #oebb #nightjet

Heading back to Cologne from a very inspiring #ESA #LPS25 in Vienna on an ÖBB Nightjet. Really enjoyed the time I spent and chats I had with all the people I met. What was again the reason for flying?

There are some polar orbiting microwave instruments on EUMETSAT platforms. Nevertheless, it is a disaster.

Hej Manu, could you please add me. I'm working in the field of cloud remote sensing mostly from aircraft and in the Arctic. This is my orcid orcid.org/0000-0001-62... if that helps. Thanks

COMPEX-EC team in front of our work horse the Polar 5 from AWI @ Kiruna airport.

Flight path dropsonde locations overlayed on a MODIS RGB image for research flight RF03 of the COMPEX-EC campaign on 7.4.2025.

EarthCARE cloud radar level 1 (top), MiRAC-A 94 GHz from Polar 5 (middle), and 89 GHz passive channel from MiRAC-A all along the joined flight section. Dashed line shoes the direct match seen as strong reflection in EarthCARE Ze caused by Polar 5.

2 weeks of #COMPEX-EC #EarthCARE validation with #Polar5 in Kiruna are over. We had 7 successful research flights with amazing data collected with our R&S suite. Stay tuned to see what we find when we dig into data.🧪 #remotesensing @unicologne.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @awi.de @esa.int