February 10, 2023 - Clear Skies over Europe

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Since the first morning of 2023, satellite images of Europe have shown
a pretty standard scene – a layer of cloud hovering over most of the
region. In fact, Europe spends a lot of days under cloud cover,
particularly in winter, when the jet stream often steers storm system
directly toward western Europe.

On February 8, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of
western Europe showing sunny skies sullied only by the smallest bit of
cloud. This was only the second day since January 1 that Aqua MODIS saw
the landscape of this region. February 7 was the first clear day of the
year, and by February 9, widespread cloud had returned.

This image spans more than 1,100 clear-sky miles (1,800 km), from the
Bay of Biscay (southwest) to the Baltic Sea. Snow sits atop almost all
of the highest elevations, including France’s Central Massif, the wide
arc of the Alps (located in the southeast), to Germany’s Harz
Mountains. Snow is scarce, however, in the lowlands even in Denmark and
Sweden, located in the far northeast of the image.

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 2/8/2023
Resolutions: 1km (2.5 MB), 500m (6.2 MB), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-02-10

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