Ice Break-up on (and silt increase in) Lake Erie
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Suomi-NPP True-Color imagery (above, from Real Earth) from 17-20 March 2018 show the break-up of pack ice in eastern Lake Erie. (Clouds with the big Nor-easter prevented views on 21-22 March). Winds at both Erie and Buffalo switched to an easterly component during this time, which may have helped the ice fracture. Silt... Read More