Thomas Lavergne is at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute in Oslo. Thomas is engaged in several operational polar sea ice monitoring services including EUMETSAT OSI SAF, Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) where he processes near real time satellite Passive Microwave data into maps of sea ice concentration, and sea ice drift. His main interest is in designing and improving algorithms to yield better operational sea ice products. Follow Thomas on Twitter: @lavergnetho.