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March 31, 2011 - The Great Lakes
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The bright white remnants of snow cut a clean swath across Wisconsin and Michigan during springtime snowmelt in early 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Terra satellite captured this natural-color image March 28, 2011.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), snow depth in most of the snow-covered swath ranged from 4 inches to 20 inches on the day this image was captured, with much of it falling in a snowstorm on March 22 -24. By March 28, rising spring temperatures brought melting snow to the region, causing the NWS to issue flood warnings across many parts of Wisconsin and Michigan.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 3/28/3011
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
The bright white remnants of snow cut a clean swath across Wisconsin and Michigan during springtime snowmelt in early 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard the Terra satellite captured this natural-color image March 28, 2011.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), snow depth in most of the snow-covered swath ranged from 4 inches to 20 inches on the day this image was captured, with much of it falling in a snowstorm on March 22 -24. By March 28, rising spring temperatures brought melting snow to the region, causing the NWS to issue flood warnings across many parts of Wisconsin and Michigan.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 3/28/3011
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
