• MODIS Pic of the Day 04 March 2022

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Fri Mar 4 11:00:10 2022
    March 4, 2022 - Sea Ice and Cloud Streets in the Labrador Sea

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    Ice and cloud combined to create a fanciful scene over the Labrador Sea
    between Canada and Greenland in early March 2022. The Moderate
    Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra
    satellite acquired this true-color image on March 2.

    Ice hugs the snow-covered coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada,
    where the frigid off-shore winds chill the relatively fresh near-coast
    water, allowing the formation of floating sea ice. The water is
    shallower and less saline than in the open sea, thus ice will form more
    easily here. The swirling filigrees at the sea ice edge are areas where
    the ice is thin and more easily moved by winds and currents.

    To the east, a large bank of cloud lines up in parallel bands, a
    pattern known as cloud streets. These are formed when strong winds push
    a mass of cold and dry air across a relatively warm and moist body of
    water. As the cold air mass moves over the water, it quickly gains
    moisture necessary to form clouds. The clouds line up in organized rows
    parallel to the direction of the wind.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Terra
    Date Acquired: 3/2/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (252.2 KB), 500m (542.8 KB), 250m (1.8 MB)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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