Winter in the northern hemisphere fast approaches, and with it the likelihood of deep snow drifts thumping down on your car and making the commute to work a frozen hell. But now, thanks to a new project initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA), daily and weekly snow maps will be made available soon after the snows fall.
The snow maps are actually a secondary phase of a long term meteorological project hoping to provide datasets for the use of climate modelling. “The project will provide information concerning the areal extent of snow (SE) on a global scale and snow water equivalent (SWE) for the Northern Hemisphere.”
More information can be found at the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Source: ESA
Image Source: A. Khan, Goverment of Newfoundland and Labrador
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I'm a Christian, a nerd, a geek, a liberal left-winger, and believe that we're pretty quickly directing planet-Earth into hell in a handbasket! I’m a 27-year-old author and writer from Melbourne, Australia. My first book is in the "looking for an agent" phase right now while I write my second. I also review fantasy books over at Fantasy Book Review (.co.uk). I love words with a passion, both creating them and reading them.
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