The Great Lakes are far enough north that the lakes' surfaces often have partial ice cover. Occasionally the ice cover is be extensive enough or thick enough to interfere with commercial shipping. This image was capture on February 21, 2014 by NASA's Aqua satellite....
CLASSIFICATIONSGREAT LAKES (NORTH AMERICA)ICE MAPPINGLAKESRADAR DATASYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARGreak Lakes Ice Cover Mapping Synthetic Aperture Radar SARNo Abstract AvailableNghiem, SJet Propulsion LaboratoryLeshkevich, GKwok, R
Frigid air parked over the region caused a dramatic increase in ice coverage on the Great Lakes this week
This is the most ice we’ve seen on Lake Erie since 2015. The shallowest of the five lakes, Erie is usually the first to build a significant crust of ice during the winter months. Lake Huron scored a solid second place with 71.1 per cent i...
Ice coverage in the Great Lakes has expanded greatly since New Year's Day. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com
Michigan is a place where anglers can take up their rod and fish year-round. Winter is no exception, with thousands of lakes open to ice fishing.experiences. Mar, 12 20170 CommentsFull Story Try a Spring Bobber! If you’ve never tried a spring bobber out ice fishing, you’re missing ou...
Ice coverage on the Great Lakes typically reaches its annual peak in late February or early March. But at that time in 2024, the lakes were conspicuously free of ice. Owing to warmer winter weather and above-averagesurface water temperatures, ice cover stood at historic lows. ...
Air temperatures are the main factor affecting ice cover on the Great Lakes. According to the U.S. National Ice Center, each of the five lakes experienced warmer than average air temperatures in January 2023. The average temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 35.2 degrees Fahrenheit (5.1 ...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- Last week's brief thaw melted much of the ice covering Lake Michigan, but three of the Great Lakes still remain nearly entirely on ice. The latest images from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite, show that much of Lake Michigan thawed over the past wee...
2011. Changing thermal dynamics of lakes in the Great Lakes region: Role of ice cover feedbacks. Global and Planetary Change, 75: 155-172.Mishra V, Cherkauer KA, Bowling LC (2011) Changing thermal dynamics of lakes in the Great Lakes region: role of ice cover feedbacks. Glob Planet Chang...