Espen Olsen's Profile

HI Patrick good to hear from you! re:Petermann Gletscher I realized how unpleasant science could be!

Commented Nov 26, 2016 on Sabbatical (I hope) at Arctic Sea Ice

Hi Neven, I remember the days when we were in the class room, following PatrickLogicman, I will thank both you and Patrick for what it resulted in: Espen

Commented Nov 26, 2016 on Sabbatical (I hope) at Arctic Sea Ice

And by the way the ESA story was without the name of the Author, now you know why!

Commented Aug 26, 2015 on Jakobshavn record retreat at Arctic Sea Ice

ESA managed to hi-jack the calving story, I guess the main reason for doing that was that the original story released in Arctic Sea Ice Forum https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,154.msg60933.html#msg60933 was based on USGS material and NASA, that was not a pretty ESA thing to do!!!

Commented Aug 26, 2015 on Jakobshavn record retreat at Arctic Sea Ice

Sorry I meant the discussion in Ingenøren?

Commented Aug 23, 2015 on Jakobshavn record retreat at Arctic Sea Ice

And DMI did not mention it either?

Commented Aug 23, 2015 on Jakobshavn record retreat at Arctic Sea Ice

But I am surprised one of the biggest or rather most important tourist- and natural sites in the Kingdom of Denmark, was not mentioned to my knowledge in any danish media, but then other the other hand I am not that impressed with them anyways!

Commented Aug 23, 2015 on Jakobshavn record retreat at Arctic Sea Ice

P-Maker, why ignore the discussion ;-)?

Commented Aug 23, 2015 on Jakobshavn record retreat at Arctic Sea Ice

Who need a foe when having this friend: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/20/greenlands-stunning-melting-in-24-unforgettable-images/

Commented Aug 21, 2015 on Jakobshavn record retreat at Arctic Sea Ice

Neven thanks for showing this event so quickly and thanks to A-Team for the additional documentation. I am convinced this is largest single calving event that ever happened at Jakobshavn since the glacier went dual (southern and northern branch). My present estimate is Jakobshavn lost somewhere between 11 and 12,5 km2 from August 14 to August 15 2015.

Commented Aug 16, 2015 on Jakobshavn record retreat at Arctic Sea Ice

Zachariae Isstrøm update. Heavy calving activity at Zachariae: http://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,400.msg54812.html#msg54812

Commented Jun 24, 2015 on ASI 2015 update 3: what's it going to be? at Arctic Sea Ice

We just had a seasonal around the 1st of June calving at Jakobshavn: https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,154.msg52916.html#msg52916

Commented May 29, 2015 on ASI 2015 update 1: early start in Beaufort at Arctic Sea Ice

Very interesting: Just have one question for the "No slowing down of Jakobshavn Isbræ in 2014: Results from feature-tracking five Greenland outlet glaciers using Landsat-8 data and the ImGRAFT toolbox" presentation? Why is there no mention about Zachariae Isstrøm? (more important than most of the other glaciers observed, at least compared to 79?)

Commented Apr 12, 2015 on EGU 2015, my first scientific conference at Arctic Sea Ice

How about a trip to Jakobshavn Isbræ? https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,1223.msg49746.html#msg49746

Commented Apr 9, 2015 on PIOMAS April 2015 at Arctic Sea Ice

Neven, I am surprised you wouldnt call it a max yet? (I know I am in deep water now, but luckily I am a reasonable swimmer)

Commented Mar 6, 2015 on Mad max? at Arctic Sea Ice

Just added some more info: https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,230.msg46839.html#msg46839

Commented Mar 6, 2015 on Mad max? at Arctic Sea Ice

BTW here is some of the facts: https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,230.msg46763.html#msg46763

Commented Mar 6, 2015 on Thinner and thinner at Arctic Sea Ice

Dont waste your time guys, watch the facts!

Commented Mar 6, 2015 on Thinner and thinner at Arctic Sea Ice

"It’s no surprise that Arctic sea ice is thinning." And IJIS is already in a melt mood with record lows: https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,230.msg46649.html#msg46649

Commented Mar 5, 2015 on Thinner and thinner at Arctic Sea Ice

A massive calving happened between February 12 and February 19 2015 at Jakobshavn: https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,154.msg45673.html#msg45673

Commented Feb 20, 2015 on Erase and rewind at Arctic Sea Ice

John, Other noteworthy elements of agriculture in Denmark, swines are far more common than Danes in Denmark.

Commented Aug 16, 2014 on ASI 2014 update 7: late momentum at Arctic Sea Ice

Yes Christoffer, we are handling km2 like bankers are handling billions.

Commented Aug 16, 2014 on ASI 2014 update 7: late momentum at Arctic Sea Ice

Steensby Gletscher, North Greenland. A sizeable (~32 km2)calving happened a few days ago, and is about 50% larger than the calving in 2012, this only the 2nd calving ever reported. https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,388.msg34486.html#msg34486

Commented Aug 16, 2014 on ASI 2014 update 7: late momentum at Arctic Sea Ice

I migth be irrational, but where I live Scandianavia, of course ice do thin during the spring, but in the end of that process it suddenly disappear overnite, in most cases. And since we watch sea ice from above (from satellites)it will look the same way!

Commented Aug 5, 2014 on Poof, it's gone at Arctic Sea Ice

It is not that I want to repeat myself, but I always believed the sea ice will disappear overnight, in the same way lake and river ice behaves. So what Epiphyte discovered I totally agree upon, despite what other say about slush, in this phase it behaves like slush, no matter the size of it.

Commented Aug 4, 2014 on Poof, it's gone at Arctic Sea Ice