To do a better job in identifying clouds over snow, we must look at NOAA AVHRR images from NOAA-16. A polar-orbiting satellite, NOAA-16 does not provide frequent image updates like Meteosat-5, but has five channels that allow multispectral imaging. This image is the AVHRR visible image whose finer spatial resolution yields better images over snow-covered regions than the previous Meteosat images. However, you must go to the next image to see the chief advantage of the AVHRR.