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A series of fires across Greece in August of 2007 burned 469,000 acres and claimed the lives of 65 people. The fires, in which an estimated 4,000 people lost their homes, mostly occurred in the sou...
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Carbon Monoxide from Fires in Greece, 2007
Carbon Monoxide from Fires in Greece, 2007
On June 4, 2011 the Puyuhue-Cordón Caulle volcano complex, located 40.59 deg S, 72.12 deg W in Chile, erupted, sending ash clouds 15 km into the atmosphere and on their way around the world. It was...
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Volcanic Ash from Puyehue Eruption
Volcanic Ash from Puyehue Eruption
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 Carbon Dioxide
Watching Earth Breathe: The Seasonal Vegetation Cycle and Carbon Dioxide
In this animation, the field of view of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft is represented by the blue beam as it sweeps back and forth through the atm...
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AIRS Collects Data and Creates a Temperature Profile
AIRS Collects Data and Creates a Temperature Profile
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 with Winds, July 2003
Global Carbon Dioxide with Winds, July 2003
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
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
This animation shows how light energy is collected by the optics system on the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument and digitized.
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This animation shows how light energy is collected by the optics system on the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument and digitized.
Light Travels Through AIRS Optics
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
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
This visualization is a time-series of the global distribution and variation of the concentration of mid-tropospheric carbon dioxide observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on the NASA ...
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AIRS Data - Carbon Dioxide Seasonal Variation and Increase, 2002-2008
AIRS Data - Carbon Dioxide Seasonal Variation and Increase, 2002-2008
The Antarctic Vortex forms early in polar winter and is relatively isolated from the air in the southern midlatitudes.
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Ozone hole formation over south pole, September 1 to December 4, 2014
Ozone hole formation over south pole, September 1 to December 4, 2014
The 2020 ozone hole was one of the largest and longest lasting ozone holes on record. The animation flies in and swings by the ozone hole giving a closer look at the isosurface around the ozone hol...
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Ozone hole evolution on globe.
Ozone Hole Isosurface, August-December 2020
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
This visualization shows global carbon dioxide from July 2003 at 8 km. Low concentrations are shown in blue and high concentrations are shown in red.
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Global Carbon Dioxide, July 2003
Global Carbon Dioxide, July 2003
Forest fires and agricultural burning create large amounts of carbon monoxide. AIRS provides daily global maps of carbon monoxide from space, allowing scientists to follow the global transport of t...
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Global Carbon Monoxide, August through September 2005
Global Carbon Monoxide, August through September 2005
This movie of temperature observations from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft depicts the first major North American weather event of 2014: cold air mo...
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NASA's AIRS Sees Polar Vortex Behind U.S. Big Chill
NASA's AIRS Sees Polar Vortex Behind U.S. Big Chill
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)
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
Watching Earth Breathe: The Seasonal Vegetation Cycle and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Trace gases in Earth's atmosphere are the driver of climate change, says Chris Barnet of NOAA-NESDIS.
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Climate change, trace gases, and satellites - An interview with Chris Barnet
Climate change, trace gases, and satellites - An interview with Chris Barnet
A large number of wildfires, many of them triggered by powerful lightning storms on June 21, erupted around California over the next several weeks. At their peak, more than 2,000 fires were active,...
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Carbon Monoxide from California's Wildfires 2008
Carbon Monoxide from California's Wildfires 2008
The Antarctic Vortex forms early in polar winter and is relatively isolated from the air in the southern midlatitudes.
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Ozone Hole Evolution, August 1 through November 30, 2018
Ozone Hole Evolution, August 1 through November 30, 2018
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
On July 12, 2008, Okmok Volcano, in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted, releasing a plume of ash and steam.
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Sulfur Dioxide from Okmok Volcano, July 2008
Sulfur Dioxide from Okmok Volcano, July 2008
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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Belt of Carbon Dioxide in Southern Hemisphere, July 2003
Belt of Carbon Dioxide in Southern Hemisphere, July 2003

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