Satellite Image Of Lake Superior Ice Cover

The extreme cold this winter helped cover more than 90 percent.

Satellite image of lake superior ice cover.

A satellite image of lake superior ice cover on march 5 2019. Satellite image march 4 2019 courtesy. This color enhanced imagery from the suomi npp satellite s viirs instrument shows ice cover on the great lakes on february 12 2018. 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. Photo courtesy of noaa. As of february 11 69 1 percent of the great lakes were ice covered according to data from noaa s great lakes environmental. Current ice cover conditions coastwatch and glsea.

Model derived ice thickness ice velocity vessel icing surface currents and water temperature. Lake superior was around 91 percent covered in ice monday said jia wang ice climatologist with the noaa great lakes environmental research laboratory. In this capacity glerl obtains produces and delivers environmental data and products for near real time observation of the great lakes to. 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.

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. Sea ice data updated daily with one day lag. 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. The national weather service in burlington vt has been posting satellite pictures of the lake champlain area for the past few winters.

The extreme cold this winter helped cover more than 90 percent of lake superior in ice this week. They only post them when it is cloud free enough to have a decent view of the lake. The best resolution is 250 meters. But there has also been a pattern emerging with all the great lakes.

Below is a graphic showing previous year s maximums and minimums. Below is a satellite image of lake superior the day we hit over 90 ice coverage march 4 2019. Orange line in extent and concentration images left and middle and gray line in time series right indicate 1981 to 2010 average extent for the day shown. The national oceanic and atmospheric administration reports ice cover approached levels not seen in four years.

Note that some of these products are still under development. It is a great way to get a sense of the extent of the ice on our big lake. Current observed ice cover wind and air temperature. The graph also includes lines for selected earlier years for comparison.

Image 36 author craig childs is not describing an arctic lake.