Lake Effects of Lake Michigan, Faster Push-in
Today's SeaWiFS image of Lake Michigan shows a lake effect where clear dry air moves eastward as it traverses the lake and forming dense clouds by the time it reaches the Michigan shore.
View of the Great Lakes and surrounded area covered with snow clouds.
Close-up of Lake Michigan cloud cover.
Video slate image reads "Lake Effect from Lake Michigan (closer): viewed by SeaWiFS January 17, 2002".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).
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Animator
- Joycelyn Thomson (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Norman Kuring (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, January 18, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
Datasets used
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[SeaStar: SeaWiFS]
ID: 100NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye
Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).
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