[STORMREPORTS] Snowcover on US/Canada border
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From: WeatherMatrix Admin (admin{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri May 14 2004 - 21:13:39 EDT
http://www.weathermatrix.net/members/public.php3?l=Bachmeier&f=Scott
>
>Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 15:15:14 -0500
>From: Scott Bachmeier <scott.bachmeier{at}SSEC.WISC.EDU>
>Subject: cloud vs snow cover discrimination
>
>Satellite enthusiasts,
>
>Another nice example today of the value of using the 1.6 micrometer
>"near infrared" channel (on the polar orbiting MODIS, and now on
>the new METEOSAT Second Generation (MSG-1, or METEOSAT-8) satellites:
>some locations along the US/Canada border had snow cover
>this morning that was very unbecoming for mid-May, with 6 inches
>on the ground in northern North Dakota and 10 inches on the ground
>in southern Manitoba.
>
>Here is a 3-channel "true color" composite of the region:
> ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/ssec/scottb/040513_MODIS_010403.JPG
>
>And here is a 2-channel composite using the 1.6um channel:
> ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/ssec/scottb/040513_MODIS_010606_SNOW.JPG
>
>Clouds vs. snow cover (vs. clouds over snow cover) is pretty
>easy to determine using the 1.6 micrometer channel.
>
>If you find that you're morbidly curious, you can always check out
>the latest Terra and Aqua MODIS images on our Direct Broadcast web site:
>
>http://eosdb.ssec.wisc.edu/modisdirect/
>
>--
>Scott Bachmeier University of Wisconsin - Madison / SSEC / CIMSS
>scott.bachmeier{at}ssec.wisc.edu
>http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottb
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