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North America Snow Cover from MODIS
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The images on the front show the extent of North America covered by snow on November 13, 2013, and February 13 and April 13, 2014, as derived using data from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites. Snow cover extent peaked in February when approximately 67% of the contiguous United States was covered with snow—282,000 square miles (~730, 400 square kilometers) (roughly the size of Texas) above the 1981-2010 average.
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