Cold temperatures across the North Slope of Alaska
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Suomi NPP VIIRS Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images (above) revealed a large area of cold surface infrared brightness temperatures across much of the North Slope of Alaska on 04 February 2021 — with the coldest IR temperature being -56ºC (darker shades of violet) about 30 miles south-southeast of Umiat (PAUM)... Read More