Satellite Image Of Ice On Lake Superior

Occasionally the ice cover is be extensive enough or thick enough to interfere with commercial shipping.

Satellite image of ice on lake superior.

In this true color photo like image ice floating on the surface of lake superior ranges in color from white to pale gray blue. 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. A relatively rare blanket of ice rested on the surface of lake superior in early march 2009. But there has also been a pattern emerging with all the great lakes.

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. Satellite image march 4 2019 courtesy. In an article written on climate gov.

Current ice cover conditions coastwatch and glsea. Previously known as flash earth. 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. Below is a satellite image of lake superior the day we hit over 90 ice coverage march 4 2019.

Current observed ice cover wind and air temperature. Image 36 author craig childs is not describing an arctic lake. Winter satellite image of the great lakes region showing the lakes with significant ice cover. The most recent satellite photo appears to show even less than 80 percent ice cover.

Explore recent images of storms wildfires property and more. 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. 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.

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. Wang expects that ice levels for the remainder of the 2019 2020 winter should stay relatively low as sunlight increases with the approaching spring. 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. The western tip of lake superior near duluth and superior and around the apostle island appears well locked.

For current noaa modis imagery please click in region of interest. Note that some of these products are still under development. The great lakes are far enough north that the lakes surfaces often have partial ice cover.