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Weather, sea conditions & satellite imagery near Kangiqtugaapik


Robert Rabin1

1NOAA/NSSL and UW-Madison/CIMSS

BACKGROUND

This web page provides links for real-time weather and sea conditions near Kangiqtugaapik (ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ, Clyde River) Nunavut, Canada.

Weather information:

Weather forecast and recent surface weather observation (Environment Canada).

Kangiqtugaapik Weather Station Network

Ice Maps from Environment Canada:

Ice concentration in eastern Arctic (updated weekly)

Ice development stage in eastern Arctic (updated weekly)

Animation of ice cover over past 10 days (low resolution)

NASA satellite imagery
MODIS sensors (higher resolution, available twice a day)

The largest circle on the images indicate a 25 km range from Kangiqtugaapik.
The smaller circles indicate a 10 km range from the weather stations at Akuliaqattak, Sliasiutitalik, and Ailaktalik.


 Infrared (thermal) Image
 Visible (daylight only)
 Comparison of visible and thermal images
with zoom and roam option
TERRA Satellite
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AQUA Satellite
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NOAA Geostationary satellite

GOES-16 weather satellite (updated every 15 minutes). Images are parallax corrected.

The images linked in tables below are from the visible (band 2), window (band 13) and mid-layer tropospheric water vapour (band 9) infrared channels of the ABI instrument. 

Most recent images for area around Baffin Island

Visible (.64 micron)
 Infrared window (10.3 micron)
 Water vapour (6.9 micron)
Visible with overlays
Latest visible
 Latest Thermal (clouds, surface)
 Upper atmospheric water vapor
 Comparisons


Real-time animations of images
Visible
Infrared window
 Water vapour Visible with overlays
V
 IW
 WV
 Comparisons


HTML5 based applications used for interactive animations were developed by Tom Whittaker of the Space Science and Engineering Center  SSEC, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 




Disclaimer. The products from GOES or other satellites shown here are experimental. These have been generated within a research environment and are not intended to be considered operational. Timeliness, availability, and accuracy are sought but not guaranteed.   
Return to CIMSS (UW-Madison) or  NSSL (NOAA/NSSL).
Last update was 17 September 2020. Feedback.