3-day transport of airborne Copper River Valley glacial silt/sand over the Gulf of Alaska

GOES-15 (GOES-West) Visible (0.63 µm) images during the daylight hours on 23, 24 and 25 October 2016 (above) revealed the hazy signature of large amounts of airborne glacial silt and sand from the Copper River Valley being transported southward over the adjacent offshore waters of the Gulf of Alaska. The fine... Read More