East Coast Winter Storm January 25, 2004 —
Visible truecolor image of the U.S. East Coast taken by the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument onboard the Aqua satellite at 1:15pm on Sunday, January 25. This is an example of Upper level shortwave with Gulf of Mexico moist . . . [continued]
Pancake Sea Ice January 18, 2004 —
This is a field of "pancake" sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea during August 2003. Diameters of the pancakes range from several tens of meters down to about a meter, and maximum thicknesses are similar. Note the smaller pancakes that have rafted on top . . . [continued]