Satellite Image Of Ice On Lake Superior

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Satellite image of ice on lake superior.

Previously known as flash earth. Below is a satellite image of lake superior the day we hit over 90 ice coverage march 4 2019. The western tip of lake superior near duluth and superior and around the apostle island appears well locked. Occasionally the ice cover is be extensive enough or thick enough to interfere with commercial shipping.

Winter satellite image of the great lakes region showing the lakes with significant ice cover. The moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s aqua satellite captured this image of the lake and its surroundings on march 3 2009. But there has also been a pattern emerging with all the great lakes. Lake superior is the world s largest freshwater.

Below is a graphic showing previous year s maximums and minimums. 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. In an article written on climate gov. 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.

Wang expects that ice levels for the remainder of the 2019 2020 winter should stay relatively low as sunlight increases with the approaching spring. Image 36 author craig childs is not describing an arctic lake. A relatively rare blanket of ice rested on the surface of lake superior in early march 2009. Click in map or links.

Note that some of these products are still under development. 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. Model derived ice thickness ice velocity vessel icing surface currents and water temperature. Current ice cover conditions coastwatch and glsea.

The most recent satellite photo appears to show even less than 80 percent ice cover. Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. Current observed ice cover wind and air temperature. The great lakes are far enough north that the lakes surfaces often have partial ice cover.

In this true color photo like image ice floating on the surface of lake superior ranges in color from white to pale gray blue. 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. 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.