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AIRS Level 3 Daily Temperatures at 500 mb for January, February and March 2019. Ascending and Descending orbits are averaged.
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Air Temperature at 500 hPa
Polar Vortex – Air Temperature at 500 hPa, January-March 2019
The continuing heat wave in the United States in July 2011 has broken temperature records in many locations, killed dozens and seen nearly half of all Americans under heat advisories at its peak.
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U.S. 2011 Heat Wave: Surface Skin Temperature Anomaly, Night
U.S. 2011 Heat Wave: Surface Skin Temperature Anomaly, Night
AIRS Level 3 Monthly average temperatures at 500mb from October 2002, to October 2019, north polar view.
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AIRS Level 3 Monthly average temperatures at 500mb from October 2002, to October 2019, north polar view.
Air Temperature 500 hPa, North Polar View, 2002 – 2019
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, AIRS, was launched aboard the Aqua Spacecraft in 2002 as part of NASA's Earth Observing System Afternoon Constellation of satellites known as the 'A-Train.
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Arctic Carbon Dioxide, February 2010 to February 2011
Arctic Carbon Dioxide, February 2010 to February 2011
Data visualization of carbon dioxide (CO2) measured by AIRS for the 20-year period 2002-2022, in a global map and a time series for northern mid-latitudes.
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Data visualization of carbon dioxide (CO2) measured by AIRS for the 20-year period 2002-2022, in a global map and a time series for northern mid-latitudes.
AIRS Global Carbon Dioxide Measurements over 20 Years (2002-2022)
During the month of January 2014, the continental United States experienced several bouts of extremely cold air that moved southward from the north polar region.
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Temperature Anomaly corresponding to January 2014 Polar Vortex Activity
Temperature Anomaly corresponding to January 2014 Polar Vortex Activity
Animation showing surface air temperature maps with geopotential height contours (in km at the 200 hPa pressure surface) overlaid over North America and the Arctic from February 17th to 26th, 2023,...
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Animation of surface air temperature and geopotential height during February 2023 cold outbreak over US
Animation of surface air temperature and geopotential height during February 2023 cold outbreak over US
The continuing heat wave in the United States in July 2011 has broken temperature records in many locations, killed dozens and seen nearly half of all Americans under heat advisories at its peak.
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U.S. 2011 Heat Wave: Surface Air Temperature Anomaly, Night
U.S. 2011 Heat Wave: Surface Air Temperature Anomaly, Night
Animation of the cumulative trend in AIRS monthly temperature anomaly on a global map, starting 2002 and going until April 2022. 
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Animation of the cumulative trend in AIRS monthly temperature anomaly on a global map, starting 2002 and going until April 2022.
Global Animation of Cumulative Temperature Trend 2002-2022
Andrew Gettelman of the National Center of Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado knows our ability to effectively predict Earth's future climate depends on how accurate our climate models are to...
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Recipe for a Better Climate Model - An interview with Andrew Gettelman
Recipe for a Better Climate Model - An interview with Andrew Gettelman
AIRS mapped the dome of high pressure that settled over the northwestern U.S. and western Canada in late June, sending temperatures into the triple digits.
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Animation showing evolution of heat wave in U.S. Pacific Northwest.
NASA's AIRS Tracks Record-Breaking Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest
In this animation, NASA instruments show the seasonal cycle of vegetation and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 
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Watching Earth Breathe: The Seasonal Vegetation Cycle and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide [Narrated Version]
Watching Earth Breathe: The Seasonal Vegetation Cycle and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide [Narrated Version]
This visualization shows 3D volumetric water vapor data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite.
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3D Atmospheric Water Vapor Near Southern California
3D Atmospheric Water Vapor Near Southern California
AIRS scientist Ed Olsen was interviewed and filmed for Eco Company, a national TV show hosted by teens.
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Water Vapor a Greenhouse Gas?
Water Vapor a Greenhouse Gas?
AIRS global Level 3 daily average ozone from August 2019 to November 2019.
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AIRS Level 3 daily average ozone from August 2019 to November 2019.
Global Ozone Isosurfaces, August to November 2019
AIRS Level 3 daily average water vapor from November 2018 to November 2019 plotted as an isosurface over the globe.
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AIRS Level 3 daily average water vapor
Water Vapor Isosurfaces 12.2018–12.2019
This animation, created with data acquired by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite, shows the total amount of water vapor contained in the atmosphere for most...
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NASA's AIRS Sees Rivers of Rain for California
NASA's AIRS Sees Rivers of Rain for California
Packing gusts of nearly 300 kilometers per hour (184 miles per hour) and sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour), Super-Typhoon Pongsona struck the U.S. Island of Guam on De...
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Super-Typhoon Pongsona, December 2002
Super-Typhoon Pongsona, December 2002
Time series 2003-2019 shows a persistent source of CO in the Central African regions during late summer with reduced persistence in the South American regions in the later years. 
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Globes shows time series of carbon monoxide transport.
Carbon monoxide time series mosaic animation, 2003-2019
A continent-sized cloud of hot air and dust originating from the Sahara Desert crossed the Atlantic Ocean and headed towards Florida and the Caribbean.
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Sahara Dust Cloud, July 2005
Sahara Dust Cloud, July 2005
Although originally designed to measure atmospheric water vapor and temperature profiles for weather forecasting, data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecr...
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Global Carbon Dioxide, July 2003
Global Carbon Dioxide, July 2003
This visualization shows variations in the three dimensional distribution of water vapor in the atmosphere during the summer and fall of 2005. Water vapor at higher altitudes appears brighter.
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Water Vapor Transport, June through November 2005
Water Vapor Transport, June through November 2005
The AIRS sounder reveals important new information to supplement the familiar overhead views of hurricanes that come from satellites. Here AIRS shows some of the internal temperature structure of S...
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Supertyphoon Pongsona Isotherms
Supertyphoon Pongsona Isotherms
Mt. Etna, a volcano on the island of Sicily, erupted on October 26, 2002. 
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Sulfur Dioxide Plume from Mt. Etna Eruption 2002
Sulfur Dioxide Plume from Mt. Etna Eruption 2002
Dr. Eric Fetzer, Project Scientist of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Project at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, gives an overview of the El Nino Southern Oscillation.
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