NOAA-GLERL has been exploring the relationships between ice cover, lake thermal structure, and regional climate for over 30 years through development, maintenance, and analysis of historical model simulations and observations of ice cover, surface water temperature, and …

NOTICE: GLERL's Lake Erie model is not an operational product. All model output is provided as data of opportunity and should not be considered official NOAA forecast guidance.

In order to understand ice formation and the types of ice in the Great Lakes, researchers and stakeholders use Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Node to monitor the ice conditions such as six different types of ice, ice thickness, and ice cover.

The Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA) is a digital map of the Great Lakes surface water temperature and ice cover which is produced daily. The lake surface temperatures are satellite-derived from NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radar (AVHRR), Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite onboard the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting ...

NOAA GLERL's ice cover dataset extends from 1973 to present, serving the Great Lakes community in research, application, and management. Large interannual and decadal variability are observed, as well as a downward trend.

National Ice Center; CoastWatch Latest GLSEA; NOAAPORT Marine Obs; GLOS Data Portal, Seagull; Additional Resources/Products: Experimental Lake Champlain Nowcast/Forecast System; GLOS Surface Current Maps; Additional Water Temps, Wind/Wave Data, Water Levels ; WW3: GRIB2, Wind&Wave Products; GLERL Wave Model Archive (thru 2021)

Data from the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Node to monitor six different types of ice, ice thickness, and ice cover.

The Great Lakes Surface Environmental Analysis (GLSEA) is a digital map of the Great Lakes surface water temperature and ice cover which is produced daily.

Great Lakes Ice Cover Data developed according to the standards of the Great Lakes Ice Atlas for 1973-2002

MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a key instrument aboard the Terra (originally known as EOS AM-1) and Aqua (originally known as EOS PM-1) satellites.