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20-year (2002-2022) record of upper tropospheric methane observed by AIRS in a global map and northern mid-latitude time series.
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20-year (2002-2022) record of upper tropospheric methane observed by AIRS in a global map and northern mid-latitude time series.
20-year Record of Methane Observed by AIRS (2002-2022)
Ozone hole mosaic animation 2003-2019
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Globes representing years from 2003-2019 show ozone hole evolution
Ozone Hole 19-year Record, mosaic animation 2002-2020
Animations of AIRS specific humidity at 931 mb, in terms of monthly means, anomalies, and cumulative trend, over the period 2003-2021.
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Animations of AIRS specific humidity at 931 mb, in terms of monthly means, anomalies, and cumulative trend, over the period 2003-2021.
Water Vapor Trends in the Arctic 2003-2021
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
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
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
Beginning August 26, 2009, and continuing into September 2009, a large wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles known as the Station Fire burned more than 140,000 acres through ...
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Pollution from California Wildfires Spreads Across the United States
Pollution from California Wildfires Spreads Across the United States
This movie was produced with data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft shows the spread of carbon monoxide pollution across North America from fires in ...
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Animation: AIRS Instrument Sees Spread of Pollution from Western Wildfires, August 2013
Animation: AIRS Instrument Sees Spread of Pollution from Western Wildfires, August 2013
The Antarctic Vortex forms early in polar winter and is relatively isolated from the air in the southern midlatitudes.
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NASA’s AIRS Sees Formation of Ozone Hole Over South Pole, August 1 through November 23, 2016
NASA's AIRS Sees Formation of Ozone Hole Over South Pole, August 1 through November 23, 2016
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 (narrated)
NASA's AIRS Sees Polar Vortex Behind U.S. Big Chill (narrated)
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, Day
U.S. 2011 Heat Wave: Surface Skin Temperature Anomaly, Day
Monthly AIRS temperature anomaly over the AIRS record (2002-2020) aggregated into five vertical categories.
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Globes and time series showing temperature anomalies.
AIRS Temperature Anomaly Trends, 2002-2020
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
From improving forecast prediction skill to identifying errors in climate models to measuring trace gases in Earth's atmosphere, scientists talk about the quality of AIRS data and how it's helping ...
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Using AIRS Data in Science Research
Using AIRS Data in Science Research
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
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
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?
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, Day
U.S. 2011 Heat Wave: Surface Air Temperature Anomaly, Day
Image of sulfur dioxide detected through AIRS brightness temperature differences several days after Raikoke volcanic eruption in 2019
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Image of sulfur dioxide detected through AIRS brightness temperature differences several days after Raikoke volcanic eruption in 2019
NASA's AIRS Displays Sulfur Dioxide Plumes After Raikoke Eruption, June 2019
Global carbon monoxide measurements from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder are important because scientists can monitor the transport of fire emissions around the globe on a daily basis.
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Global Carbon Monoxide, Aug-Sep-Oct 2005
Global Carbon Monoxide, Aug-Sep-Oct 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
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
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
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

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