Opposites Attract

In December 2013, the same kink in the jet stream brought frigid cold to the continental U.S. and record heat to Alaska.

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Images by Jesse Allen, NASA’s Earth Observatory using data courtesy of the MODIS Land Group. Additional land surface temperature anomaly images available on NASA Earth Observations.

Published December 14, 2013
Data acquired December 3 - 10, 2013

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Land Surface > Land Temperature > Land Surface Temperature