Jonas Mortelmans
jmortelmans.bsky.social
Jonas Mortelmans
@jmortelmans.bsky.social
PhD Researcher | KU Leuven | Wildfires 🔥 | Peatlands 🌿 | Lightning ⚡
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🚀 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 🔬
🔥 New research improves fire risk prediction in tropical peatlands using hydrological modelling!
🌍 Focus: Malaysia, Sumatra & Borneo
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📊 FWIpeat outperforms standard FWI in drained areas.

Read more www.vscentrum.be/post/using-h...

#ClimateChange
April 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Thrilled to share that the second chapter of my PhD is now published! 🎉 This chapter dives into the critical issue of peatland fires in Southeast Asia by extending our previously developed peatland-specific version of the Fire Weather Index (FWIpeat) to tropical peatlands. 🔥🌱🧪
#peatlands #fire
February 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Join our great team in Leuven!
🛰️ PhD or Postdoc Opportunity in Satellite Remote Sensing & Data Assimilation! 🌍🌾

🔬 Topics include:
📡 Remote sensing (Sentinel-1, NISAR, SMOS, SMAP)
🌱 Crop modeling with AquaCrop in NASA’s LIS
🧠 Machine learning
🌎 Climate change impact on crop yields

🔗 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD or Postdoctoral fellow in satellite remote sensing and data assimilation applied to agricultural production
Are you passionate about the intersection of agricultural production, climate science, satellite remote sensing, and data assimilation? Join our team to make a real-world impact on global food securit...
www.kuleuven.be
February 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Congratulations Ehnvall et al. 🎉
A well-deserved winner for a great paper!
On behalf of the MAC Ecohydro Lab I'm happy to announce the winner of the 2024 #NobelPeatPrize for top Intl peat paper

Congrats to: Ehnvall et al.

Topography and time shape mire morphometry and large scale mire distribution patterns in the northern boreal landscape

JGR Earth Surface
#PeatSky
December 5, 2024 at 1:30 PM