File:Snow cover on the East Coast of the United States.jpg

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This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 17 December shows part of the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia covered by snow.

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English: Starting on 15 November, a severe snowstorm has affected the East Coast of the United States. More than 60 million US citizens are under winter storm advisories, from northern Georgia to New England States. The National Weather Service (NWS) has warned of "dangerous, if not impossible travel conditions and isolated power surges" in the worst-affected areas and 2 fatalities have been recorded in Pennsylvania. This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 17 December shows part of the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia covered by snow. The Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites are equipped with the OLCI instrument that provides multispectral data with 21 different spectral bands and a daily revisit time. Using the OLCI spectral measurements it is possible to design specific algorithms to extract important snow properties such as snow specific surface area, snow extent and grain size, with a spatial resolution of ~300m.
Date Taken on 17 December 2020
Source Snow cover on the East Coast of the United States
Author European Union , Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery

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Attribution: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2020

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