Cloud streets in the Greenland Sea

Satellite
Greenland
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Cloud streets flow off the coast of Greenland in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image captured by the Terra satellite on March 29, 2003. Over the ocean, clouds will often become aligned with the direction of a low-level wind, producing parallel rows, or streets, of clouds such as the pattern seen in this image.

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Maps of Greenland

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Southwest Greenland

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Cloud streets in the Greenland Sea