Fog, Ice & Water Clouds Over Snow-cover (2 of 2)
In this example, most of IA and WI are covered by snow. As in the earlier case, a good portion of this snow cover can be readily identified in the VIS imagery by looking for dark, geographical features against the brighter background of snow.
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Notice, in the 3.9 um imagery, the bright cloud mass moving to the southeast across MN. These are water clouds, as determined by their high reflectivity.
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