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Mario Mech

@mariomech.bsky.social

Atmospheric scientist at University of Cologne looking at clouds in the Arctic from ground, aircraft, or satellites. Cycling lover - on and off road - with or without gear. All posts are my personal opinion!

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

⬇️⬇️⬇️

youtu.be/LZLZJWVFZvs?...

PS: liken ist Silber, reposten ist Gold

05.07.2025 12:16 — 👍 139    🔁 80    💬 6    📌 8
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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...

28.07.2025 11:52 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

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

11.07.2025 06:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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.

26.06.2025 21:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Bed with view in sleeping car of #oebb #nightjet

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?

26.06.2025 20:05 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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

26.06.2025 19:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
ORCID

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

18.04.2025 16:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
COMPEX-EC team in front of our work horse the Polar 5 from AWI @ Kiruna airport.

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.

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.

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

18.04.2025 09:04 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Track of Polar 5 during research flight 1 and EarthCARE track over MODIS RGB image on 4.4.2025.

Track of Polar 5 during research flight 1 and EarthCARE track over MODIS RGB image on 4.4.2025.

Comparison between EarthCARE CPR and MiRAC-A cloud radar on Polar 5 for the 30 min  colocation during research flight 1.

Comparison between EarthCARE CPR and MiRAC-A cloud radar on Polar 5 for the 30 min colocation during research flight 1.

One week into the #COMPEX-EC airborne #EarthCARE validation campaign. 4 almost perfect matches between Polar 5 and EarthCARE. Let's see what the second week has to offer. 🧪 tinyurl.com/yc73n367 @awi.de @esa.int @unicologne.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social

09.04.2025 20:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Polar 5 research aircraft ready to take off for Kiruna for the COMPEX-EC campaign.

Polar 5 research aircraft ready to take off for Kiruna for the COMPEX-EC campaign.

Validating #EarthCARE is the target for the next two weeks in Kiruna. Underflights with our cloud remote sensing suite of the satellite are planned with the Polar 5 research aircraft within the #COMPEX-EC campaign. Stay tuned! 🧪 @unicologne.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @awi.de @esa.int

02.04.2025 21:09 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Left to right: W-, Ka-, and G-band FMCW radars and HATPRO radiometer on the rooftop platform of the AWIPEV research base.

Left to right: W-, Ka-, and G-band FMCW radars and HATPRO radiometer on the rooftop platform of the AWIPEV research base.

Seven weeks of #cloud and #precipitation measurements at the #AWIPEV research base in #Ny-Ålesund on #Svalbard have come to an end. Triple frequency radar and radio soundings will help to understand cloud micro-physics in the #Arctic.🧪#RemoteSensing @unicologne.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social

10.03.2025 14:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Liebe Grüne, bitte stimmt dem 500 Mrd€ Sondervermögen nicht ohne Bedingungen zu. Stellt sicher, dass das Geld in grüne statt fossile Technologien fließt, in pünktliche Züge statt 10-spurige Autobahnen, ins 🇩🇪-Ticket & das die Leute, die es brauchen entlastet werden und nicht die Öl- & Autoindustrie🙏

05.03.2025 08:09 — 👍 3488    🔁 891    💬 92    📌 27

That's so sad to read. Following you for years and met you once briefly at AGU2022. I really appreciate and love your work. Hope you can somehow stay in the field.

28.02.2025 07:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Synoptic Drivers and Moisture Sources of Snowfall in Coastal Victoria Land, Antarctica We combine Self-Organizing Map (SOM) analysis with a moisture source diagnostic to study precipitation dynamics of coastal Victoria Land (VL) The moisture sources of snowfall in VL are in the Sou...

There is something wrong with the link. doi.org/10.1029/2024...

25.02.2025 06:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Gleichwohl ist es nicht sonderlich hilfreich, den einordnenden Spiegel-Beitrag hinter eine Bezahlschranke zu stellen. Schon klar, seriöser Journalismus kostet. In einer Informationsschlacht kommt das allerdings zu einem anderen Preis. Und der kann am Ende viel höher sein.

05.02.2025 18:58 — 👍 34    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0
Ulf Buermeyer (links) und Philip Banse

Ulf Buermeyer (links) und Philip Banse

Die neue Lage ist online - Folge 416:

* Eklat im Bundestag: Union setzt auf Stimmen der AfD und reißt Brandmauer endgültig ein

* Analyse: Wie realistisch sind die Merz-Ideen zur Migrationspolitik?

* China-App “DeepSeek” versetzt die KI-Branche in DeepSchock

Gleich reinhören 🎧

lage.link/ldn/416

31.01.2025 08:56 — 👍 119    🔁 22    💬 8    📌 5
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CDU, FDP oder AfD muss man sich leisten können. Je mehr jemand verdient, desto mehr wird er entlastet.
Grüne & SPD legen dafür den Schwerpunkt bei Einkommen von 20.000-30.000 brutto im Jahr.
Berechnung: Süddeutsche Zeitung.

18.01.2025 16:10 — 👍 346    🔁 110    💬 19    📌 5

Welcome!

14.01.2025 10:05 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Universität zu Köln Hauptgebäude, Blauer Himmel, Mond

Universität zu Köln Hauptgebäude, Blauer Himmel, Mond

👋Hallo Bluesky wir sind #uniköln // we are #unicologne

13.01.2025 11:28 — 👍 140    🔁 17    💬 10    📌 6
Image of the Moon, on a background of the blackness of space, and foreground at right of Earth's atmosphere in shades of blue, taken by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the ISS in 2012.

Image of the Moon, on a background of the blackness of space, and foreground at right of Earth's atmosphere in shades of blue, taken by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the ISS in 2012.

Hello @bsky.app, here's to looking into more #bluesky and beyond... 😉

09.01.2025 12:53 — 👍 3628    🔁 857    💬 161    📌 121

Gefällt mir richtig gut. Mag es, dass endlich mal die Zeit ist mehr ins Detail zu gehen. Die Beiträge der verschiedenen Gäste haben fast schon den Charakter eines Hörspiels. Top!!

28.12.2024 01:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Starker Auftritt von Olli Schulz.

28.12.2024 01:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And the permafrost the Seed Vault is built in is melting. So better hurry up to visit this beautiful archipelago.

26.12.2024 17:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Köln noch und dann ist gut. Damit könnte ich prima leben.

22.12.2024 03:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Was die tagesschau da macht, grenzt an Fake News. Umso wichitger ist diese grafische Klarstellung von @lukasscholle.bsky.social. Möge sie weite Verbreitung finden.

19.12.2024 14:22 — 👍 1830    🔁 925    💬 48    📌 23
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Media invited: NOAA scientists to speak on Arctic, tsunamis, ocean observations at AGU NOAA scientists will participate in press conferences at the American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting in Washington, D.C., about the state of the Arctic and advancements in tsunami science since...

Just a quick heads-up that next week (at @agu.org) will be the release of our NOAA Arctic Report Card for 2024. This document has been issued annually since 2006. More soon! www.noaa.gov/media-adviso...

06.12.2024 17:18 — 👍 65    🔁 18    💬 1    📌 0

Bluesky is officially “open” now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybody’s timelines. So block and give no oxygen.

06.02.2024 14:45 — 👍 25181    🔁 12148    💬 169    📌 297

Welcome!!! Happy to see you here.

17.11.2023 06:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Isn't that the one from MOSAiC, that Esther Horvath took?

02.11.2023 23:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Svalbard Science Conference here in Oslo has just ended with interesting, though scary and alarming research results, showing how the environment and its inhabitants deal with the dramatic climate change in the Arctic.

01.11.2023 17:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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