Subj : MODIS Pic of the Day 27 April 2023
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From : Dan Richter
Date : Thu Apr 27 2023 12:00:38

April 27, 2023 - Sea Ice Swirls in the Labrador Sea

   Sea Ice Swirls in the Labrador Sea
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   Swirls of sea ice painted a fanciful canopy atop a portion of the
   Labrador Sea in late April 2023. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
   Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a
   true-color image of the gorgeous scene on April 25.

   The swirling and curling raft of floating ice hugs the northeastern
   coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. A small
   amount of fast ice remains attached to the coastline.

   According to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) International Ice
   Patrol (IIP) on April 20, medium to thick, first-year sea ice was
   compressed along the Labrador Coast in concentrations above 90 percent.
   Recent onshore winds, consistent with the currently negative North
   Atlantic Oscillation Index was reported to have kept the ice pack
   constrained onshore. Surface air temperatures were below normal in
   April, and are expected to remain cold through the rest of the month.
   The IIP estimates that there were two hundred and sixty icebergs
   floating in this general region on that date.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 4/25/2023
   Resolutions:  1km (151.3 KB),  500m (469.5 KB),  250m (1.2 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-04-27
 
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