{"id":50164,"date":"2023-02-02T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=50164"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:36:15","slug":"eastern-great-lakes-surface-temperatures-at-the-beginning-of-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/50164","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Great Lakes Surface Temperatures at the beginning of February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntario-20230202_184308-1024x651.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntario-20230202_184308-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntario-20230202_184308-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntario-20230202_184308-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntario-20230202_184308.png 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NOAA-20 True-Color imagery over Lakes Erie and Ontario, and derived ACSPO SSTs, 1843 UTC on 2 February 2023 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/polar_orbit_tracks\/data\/JPSS-1\/2023\/2023_02_03_034\/NA.gif\">A NOAA-20 overpass across the Great Lakes<\/a> on 2 February showed primarily clear skies over Lake Erie and western Lake Ontario, allowing for computation of ACSPO (Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean) Sea-Surface Temperatures.  (Note that the colorbar has been rescaled from its default so that only values between 32 and 41<sup>o<\/sup> F (i.e., 0 and 5<sup>o<\/sup> C) are shown).  The warmest lake surface temperatures over Lake Erie are around 37.5<sup>o<\/sup>F; those over Lake Ontario are around 40.8<sup>o<\/sup>F.  The image below shows False Color imagery rather than True Color, allowing better identification of snow-covered surfaces over land, and better identification of clouds holding liquid cloud droplets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntarioFalseColor-20230202_184308-1024x651.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50166\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntarioFalseColor-20230202_184308-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntarioFalseColor-20230202_184308-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntarioFalseColor-20230202_184308-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/ErieOntarioFalseColor-20230202_184308.png 1524w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NOAA-20 False-Color imagery over Lakes Erie and Ontario, and derived ACSPO SSTs, 1843 UTC on 2 February 2023 (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>VIIRS True- and False-Color imagery and ACSPO SSTs were created using <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/cspp\/\">CSPP Software<\/a> and data from the Direct Broadcast antenna at <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/\">CIMSS<\/a>.  They are available as AWIPS tiles via LDM, and are also viewable <a href=\"https:\/\/ftp.ssec.wisc.edu\/pub\/eosdb\/\">at this website<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/realearth.ssec.wisc.edu\">RealEarth<\/a>, and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/viirs\/imagery-viewer\/\">VIIRS viewer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NOAA-20 overpass across the Great Lakes on 2 February showed primarily clear skies over Lake Erie and western Lake Ontario, allowing for computation of ACSPO (Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean) Sea-Surface Temperatures. 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