Satellite Image Of Ice On Lake Superior

Wang expects that ice levels for the remainder of the 2019 2020 winter should stay relatively low as sunlight increases with the approaching spring.

Satellite image of ice on lake superior.

But there has also been a pattern emerging with all the great lakes. Below is a graphic showing previous year s maximums and minimums. He s describing the bitterly cold and frozen scene on lake superior during his february 2014 trek on the ice near the coast of ashland wisconsin. In an article written on climate gov.

In this true color photo like image ice floating on the surface of lake superior ranges in color from white to pale gray blue. Satellite image march 4 2019 courtesy. Current observed ice cover wind and air temperature. Image 36 author craig childs is not describing an arctic lake.

In the days after the satellite images were acquired ice extent climbed slightly and then dipped to 16 percent coverage on february 18 which appears in the ice cover map above. Model derived ice thickness ice velocity vessel icing surface currents and water temperature. For current noaa modis imagery please click in region of interest. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more.

Winter satellite image of the great lakes region showing the lakes with significant ice cover. Previously known as flash earth. Modis data acquired by direct broadcast and processed at the space science and engineering center university of wisconsin madison if you have any question about the modis image. Note that some of these products are still under development.

Click in map or links. The western tip of lake superior near duluth and superior and around the apostle island appears well locked. Coastwatch is a nationwide national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa program within which the great lakes environmental research laboratory glerl functions as the great lakes regional node. Below is a satellite image of lake superior the day we hit over 90 ice coverage march 4 2019.

The great lakes are far enough north that the lakes surfaces often have partial ice cover. Occasionally the ice cover is be extensive enough or thick enough to interfere with commercial shipping. The moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s aqua satellite captured this image of the lake and its surroundings on march 3 2009. Zoom earth shows live weather satellite images updated in near real time and the best high resolution aerial views of the earth in a fast zoomable map.

Zoom out to view the scene from a satellite perspective and it s apparent that lake superior is not the only lake to feel the freeze. Lake superior is the world s largest freshwater. In this capacity glerl obtains produces and delivers environmental data and products for near real time observation of the great lakes to.