NASA AIRS/Sounder Virtual Science Team Meeting 2021 – Part 2

The figure shows the impact of the annual mean increase of CO2 on different ‘colors’ (wavenumbers) of infrared radiation emitted by the Earth’s atmosphere from theory (in red) and measured by the AIRS instrument (in blue)

Infrared image of Hurricane Helene after landfall in Florida

AIRS image showing Hurricane Hilary off the coast of Mexico in brightness temperature at infrared wavelenghts

Cold California weather after polar vortex breakdown captured by AIRS

Atmospheric River Storms hitting the US West Coast shown with AIRS brightness temperature data

Surface air temperature maps with geopotential height contours overlaid over North America and the Arctic on December 13th and 22nd, 2022, showing the breaking polar vortex and extremely cold air plunging into the US.