Sure , satellite can track violent storm and hurriedness – but they can also measure snowfall on the ground .
This amazing satellite image shows snow on the ground after this weekend ’s record - breaking blizzard , which hit quite a few Midwestern DoS . The blueprint - style image above was taken yesterday by a weather orbiter , the Suomi NPP , using the satellite’sVIIRS(Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite ) instrument .
How does VIIRS in reality see C top once it ’s on the ground ? It uses a blow concealment algorithm that makes a good guess at snow based on specific apparitional stripe , as the scientist who developed it explain in a report in theJournal of Geophysical Research . It does n’t do as well when there are cloud , but when it ’s cleared ? You get beautiful images like this one .
[ NOAA / NASA ]
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