Category Archives: Lake Effects

Mesoscale vortex development over Lake Ontario on January 23, 2013

Posted on January 24, 2013 by dbikos

An Arctic airmass over the Great Lakes provided for a significant lake-effect snow event off Lake Ontario leading up to January 23, 2013 (maximum snowfall reports 3 feet near the southeast shoreline).  Near the end of this lake-effect snow event, … Continue reading →

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MODIS Images: Lake Erie Ice Break-up and Ice Floe

Posted on March 12, 2010 by admin

Figure 1: March 3rd through March 8th 2010 (NexSat Project/Naval Research Laboratory) J. Braun Whew!  Hints at spring may finally be around the corner.  Cold Arctic winter temperatures through most of the beginning of this new year have kept much … Continue reading →

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GOES-R Proving Ground At the Great Lakes

Posted on February 23, 2010 by admin

Louie Grasso, Dan Lindsey, J. Braun GOES-R ABI will have several channels in the window region from which channel difference products can be produced. Three of the channels, 8.53, 11.02, and 12.03 µm are available from MODIS. From these three … Continue reading →

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Great Lakes Phenomenon

Posted on February 1, 2008 by admin

Jeff Braun What is going on over the eastern Great Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario on December 13, 2005? See loop: ( http://www.cira.colostate.edu/cira/RAMM//picoday/051214/visloop.html ) and data below for additional help.   Clicking on each image below will bring it up the … Continue reading →

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