See the links under Additional Resources for more information. Images Figure 1 400Kb Click on image for larger view. The image clearly shows a deep snowcover over parts of the Dakotas and most of Nebraska where up to 1 foot of snow fell during a recent storm. Lesser amounts of snow are visible in other areas while across portions of Minnesota a forest canopy and cloud cover obscure the lighter snowcover. The image highlights many rivers in the various river basins across the Northern plains.
Many rivers show up well in contrast with the surrounding snowcover.
Ice jams, frozen lakes and rivers can also be seen. The National Climatic Data Center has divisional monthly data that is useful in these types of analyses. Figure 2 Click on image for larger view. Figure 3 Click on image for larger view. Figure 2 and Figure 3 show trends for the January 1996 through December 1996 and January 1997 through March 1997 respectively.