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Northeast Africa continues to reel from the effects of the worst drought to strike the region in decades. 
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Severity of African Drought
Severity of African Drought
The carbon cycle refers to the continuous movement of carbon, the most abundant element on the planet, through the oceans, land, atmosphere, fossil fuels and all life on Earth.
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Global Carbon Cycle
Global Carbon Cycle
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument in the assembly facility, 1999. 
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AIRS instrument
AIRS instrument
The Water Cycle
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The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle
This image shows average temperatures in April, 2003, observed by AIRS at an infrared wavelength that senses either the Earth's surface or any intervening cloud. 
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Global Average Brightness Temperature for April 2003
Global Average Brightness Temperature for April 2003
Tropical Storm Isidore was born in mid-September north of Venezuela.
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Flooding Resulting From Hurricane Isidore: Comparing data from Sept 12 and 28, 2002
Flooding Resulting From Hurricane Isidore: Comparing data from Sept 12 and 28, 2002
NASA Earth satellites currently operating (9/2013)
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NASA Earth satellites currently operating (9/2013)
NASA Earth satellites currently operating (9/2013)
AIRS brightness temperature differences indicating sulfur dioxide plumes (red) at different times after the Mauna Loa volcanic eruption.
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AIRS brightness temperature differences indicating sulfur dioxide plumes (red) at different times after the Mauna Loa volcanic eruption.
AIRS Tracks Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide Plume from Mauna Loa to Texas over Three Days
CloudSat-AIRS cloud top height differences as a function of AIRS cloud fraction are shown. Since the ability of AIRS to characterize cloud amount and height is cloud-type dependent, differences in ...
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CloudSat-AIRS cloud top height differences as a function of AIRS cloud fraction and CloudSat cloud type
CloudSat-AIRS cloud top height differences as a function of AIRS cloud fraction and CloudSat cloud type
NASA's Earth observing satellite, Aqua, successfully launched at 2:55 a.m. PDT on ay 4, 2002.
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NASA Aqua Satellite Launch
NASA Aqua Satellite Launch
This series of images shows carbon monoxide (in orange/red) from California's massive wildfires drifting east across the U.S. between July 30 and August 7, 2018. 
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Carbon Monoxide Transport from California Wildfires, July 30-August 7, 2018
Carbon Monoxide Transport from California Wildfires, July 30-August 7, 2018
Shown here is the latest infrared image of Yasi from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite, built and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Ca...
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Monster Cyclone Yasi Eyes Australia 2011
Monster Cyclone Yasi Eyes Australia 2011
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, September 29, 2005
Global Carbon Monoxide, September 29, 2005
In order to validate the performance of the AIRS zonal cloud frequency and amount, we compare the zonal cloud frequency from CloudSat and CALIPSO (two left panels). Then, we derive the frequency of...
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Zonal Height Cross-Sectional Averages, AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO
Zonal Height Cross-Sectional Averages, AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO
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, March 23, 2010
Arctic Carbon Dioxide, March 23, 2010
NASA's Earth observing satellite, Aqua, successfully launched at 2:55 a.m. PDT on ay 4, 2002.
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NASA Aqua Satellite Launch
NASA Aqua Satellite Launch
AIRS, AMSU, HSB on NASA's Aqua satellite
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AIRS, AMSU, HSB on NASA's Aqua satellite
AIRS, AMSU, HSB on NASA's Aqua satellite
This image was created with data acquired by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite during July 2009.
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Global Carbon Dioxide Transport from AIRS Data, July 2009
Global Carbon Dioxide Transport from AIRS Data, July 2009
NASA's Aqua satellite in high bay
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NASA's Aqua satellite in high bay
NASA's Aqua satellite in high bay
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument in the assembly facility, 1999. 
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AIRS instrument
AIRS instrument
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, September 26, 2005
Global Carbon Monoxide, September 26, 2005
Zonal average AIRS cloud frequency and cloud fraction for a total of 5 days in late 2006. Latitude bins are 5 degrees in width and height bins are 0.5 km in depth. 
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Zonal Average AIRS Cloud Frequency and Cloud Fraction
Zonal Average AIRS Cloud Frequency and Cloud Fraction
Supertyphoon Pongsona over Guam, December 8, 2002. The image is a composite made by overlaying data from the infrared, microwave, and visible/near infrared sensors that make up the AIRS sounding sy...
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Supertyphoon Pongsona over Guam, 2002
Supertyphoon Pongsona over Guam, 2002
This graph made with data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA's Aqua satellite shows the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's mid-troposphere, located roughly between 3 to 6 miles (...
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Concentration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Earth's Mid-Troposphere, 2002 to 2013
Concentration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Earth's Mid-Troposphere, 2002 to 2013
NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) captured views of Hurricane Ida, both before it made landfall in the early morning hours (2:53 CDT) and approximately two hours after the storm's landfall...
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infrared image Hurricane Ida before making landfall
AIRS captures Hurricane Ida before and after landfall

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