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Mario Mech
@mariomech.bsky.social
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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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Environmental science 43%
Geology 22%
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Hart @hart-frentz.bsky.social · Sep 20
#deutschlandticket 9€ jetzt
Schaubild, Dienstwagen Privileg vs deutschlandticket Förderung des bundes pro Jahr .in Euro

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Lage der Nation - der Politik-Podcast @lagedernation.org · Sep 18
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
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Evgenii Salganik @salganik.bsky.social · Sep 12
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...
CONTRASTS Expedition - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Sep 8
Definitely train whenever possible. Like last week from Cologne to Ireland, though there was some ferry included for the final step.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Aug 26
I truly enjoyed the first day. Thanks for organizing.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Aug 26
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

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Robin Hogan @robinjhogan.bsky.social · Jul 28
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...
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...
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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Jul 11
Does this mean you must shift your planned ice stations further to the north?

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Dirk @derdude72.bsky.social · Jul 5
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
Die Rechten haben Recht! Aber anders, als ihr denkt... | heute-show
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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Jun 26
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.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Jun 26
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?
Bed with view in sleeping car of #oebb #nightjet

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Jun 26
There are some polar orbiting microwave instruments on EUMETSAT platforms. Nevertheless, it is a disaster.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Apr 18
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
ORCID
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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Apr 18
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
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.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Apr 9
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
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.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Apr 2
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
Polar 5 research aircraft ready to take off for Kiruna for the COMPEX-EC campaign.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Mar 10
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
Left to right: W-, Ka-, and G-band FMCW radars and HATPRO radiometer on the rooftop platform of the AWIPEV research base.

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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · Mar 5
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🙏

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Feb 28
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.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Feb 25
There is something wrong with the link. doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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...
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Sebastian Seiffert @sci-ffert.bsky.social · Feb 5
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.

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Lage der Nation - der Politik-Podcast @lagedernation.org · Jan 31
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
Ulf Buermeyer (links) und Philip Banse

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Till Steffen @tillsteffen.de · Jan 18
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.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Jan 14
Welcome!

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Universität zu Köln @unicologne.bsky.social · Jan 13
👋Hallo Bluesky wir sind #uniköln // we are #unicologne
Universität zu Köln Hauptgebäude, Blauer Himmel, Mond

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European Space Agency @esa.int · Jan 9
Hello @bsky.app, here's to looking into more #bluesky and beyond... 😉
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.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Dec 28
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!!

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Dec 28
Starker Auftritt von Olli Schulz.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Dec 26
And the permafrost the Seed Vault is built in is melting. So better hurry up to visit this beautiful archipelago.

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Mario Mech @mariomech.bsky.social · Dec 22
Köln noch und dann ist gut. Damit könnte ich prima leben.