Water Vapor In Storm Front Near Southern California, January 2003
Source: NASA/JPL AIRS Project  NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Published: July 9, 2019

This visualization shows 3D volumetric water vapor data from the Aqua/Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument. As the camera moves down and around the data set, the low data values are faded out revealing only the highest concentrations of water vapor data.

The color and opacity at each 3D voxel are driven by the water vapor data. The data set was obtained by Aqua on January 1, 2003. Only data from the sea level to about 10 km altitude are shown.

ENLARGE