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Archive: Jan 2013

Ground blizzard conditions across the north-central US

A comparison of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS Visible (0.64 µm) and False Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) composite (above) showed a number of horizontal convective roll clouds over parts of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota that had formed in response to strong northwesterly winds in the wake of an... Read More

Sea ice motion in the Arctic Ocean

A sequence of AWIPS images of Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 µm IR data from 13 January to 15 January 2013 (above; click image to play animation) revealed a great deal of motion of the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean off the north coast of Alaska. Surface stations along the... Read More