Satellite Image Of Ice On Lake Superior

But there has also been a pattern emerging with all the great lakes.

Satellite image of ice on lake superior. Occasionally the ice cover is be extensive enough or thick enough to interfere with commercial shipping. Wang expects that ice levels for the remainder of the 2019 2020 winter should stay relatively low as sunlight increases with the approaching spring. Winter satellite image of the great lakes region showing the lakes with significant ice cover. Note that some of these products are still under development.

Below is a graphic showing previous year s maximums and minimums. In an article written on climate gov. Satellite image march 4 2019 courtesy. Previously known as flash earth.

For current noaa modis imagery please click in region of interest. 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 ice cover conditions coastwatch and glsea.

Image 36 author craig childs is not describing an arctic lake. 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. Model derived ice thickness ice velocity vessel icing surface currents and water temperature. The great lakes are far enough north that the lakes surfaces often have partial ice cover.

A relatively rare blanket of ice rested on the surface of lake superior in early march 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. The western tip of lake superior near duluth and superior and around the apostle island appears well locked. Current observed ice cover wind and air temperature.

Lake superior is the world s largest freshwater. 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. The moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s aqua satellite captured this image of the lake and its surroundings on march 3 2009. 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.

Click in map or links. In this true color photo like image ice floating on the surface of lake superior ranges in color from white to pale gray blue. Below is a satellite image of lake superior the day we hit over 90 ice coverage march 4 2019.