However after sunrise, with the aid of the visible GOES sounder channel , the experimental version of the algorithm was able to correct itself at 1546 UTC . The SCP algorithms still indicate bogus cloud cover when the extent of the cold pool is relatively narrow in domain or along the edges of the cold pool, in both cases warmer pixels are nearby. Michael Nelson, Dan Baumgardt, and Todd Rieck. 1000 UTC 27 December 1997 using the 0935Z SCP product. 27 December 1997 data Note snow cover over the area of interest.
Grey pixels indicate no clouds.
Note fewer yellow-green pixels which indicates the algorithm is sensing fewer clouds. Lighter grey pixels indicate the surface snow field.