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Snow in Northeast United States

On December 9 and 18, 2002, snow lay on the ground in the Northeast. Complete states visible from bottom left (Dec. 9)are Pennsylvania, with almost all of New Jersey to its east; New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. At top left is Ontario, and top center, Quebec. In the false-color image, snow is red, snow-free terrain is green, and water is black. Clouds are white. These images were captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published January 5, 2003
Data acquired December 18 - 18, 2002

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth