Can't believe our ski club has its own meterologist. Thanks, Scott. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Bachmeier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:43 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [XC] Curious about Mendota today
Uraneck, Madeline DPI wrote: > I'm curious about the unusual sight on Lake Mendota this morning (1/23/03, > 9:20 am) - a "steaming", iced over lake. For those of you who can see it, > is it a big crack that's causing the "steaming", or is the ice just so much > "warmer" than the air? > It's amazing how much heat can radiate upward through leads and cracks in lake ice; we see this effect quite often in Hudson Bay, Canada: ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/ssec/scottb/030121_MODIS_CH31_CANADA_OBS_LARGE.G IF This is a clear-sky, infra-red image -- red/yellow colours* are warm surfaces, cyan/blue colours* are cold surfaces. * colour: how Canadians spell "color" -- Scott Bachmeier University of Wisconsin - Madison / SSEC / CIMSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~scottb _______________________________________________ http://www.MadNorSki.org/ XC mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc _______________________________________________ http://www.MadNorSki.org/ XC mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/xc
