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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
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
AIRS provides a daily global 3-dimensional view of Earth's ozone layer.
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Ozone Burden During Antarctic Winter, August through September 2005
Ozone Burden During Antarctic Winter, August through September 2005
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
This image shows a detection of sulfur dioxide in AIRS data taken about two days after the Tonga volcano eruptions in January 2022. 
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This image shows a detection of sulfur dioxide in AIRS data taken about two days after the Tonga volcano eruptions in January 2022.
Sulfur Dioxide Detected After Tonga Volcano Eruption in 2022
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
In the summer of 2010, months of record-breaking drought and temperatures culminated with a rash of fires that ravaged western Russia for weeks. 
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Russian Fires and Pakistan Floods
Russian Fires and Pakistan Floods
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
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
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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Global Carbon Dioxide 2002-2009, with Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide Graph
Global Carbon Dioxide 2002-2009, with Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide Graph
Larrabee Strow of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has spent a career teasing out Earth's atmospheric molecules and studying how they react using a technique called high resolution spe...
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How to build an indisputable climate record - An interview with Larrabee Strow
How to build an indisputable climate record - An interview with Larrabee Strow
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
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 mid-tropospheric carbon dioxide from July 2003. Data is from AIRS, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA's Aqua satellite.
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Global Carbon Dioxide in Southern Hemisphere with Winds, July 2003
Global Carbon Dioxide in Southern Hemisphere with Winds, July 2003
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 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
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
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
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 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?
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
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
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
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
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

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