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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-03 Earth Aqua
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Powerful Tropical Cyclone Yasi's fury rakes Northeastern Australia in February, 2011, as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
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Yasi's Fury Rakes Northeastern Australia
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Shown here is the latest infrared image of Yasi from NASA's Aqua satellite, taken on Feb. 1, 2011. A distinct eye is visible, and the outer bands of the storm can be seen nearing the Australian coast.
PIA13834:
Monster Cyclone Yasi Eyes Australia in NASA Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-02 Earth Aqua
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This visible image from NASA's Aqua satellite Jan. 31 shows thickening clouds along a developing intense front in the plains and Midwestern states that will produce excessive snow, freezing rain, sleet, and wind in those areas.
PIA13831:
NASA's AIRS Instrument Captures Data on Monster Winter Storm Affecting 30 States
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-26 Aquarius
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Technicians from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., install thermal blankets on the Aquarius instrument at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
PIA13825:
NASA's Salt-Seeking Instrument Gets a Silvery Blanket
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-19 Earth Aqua
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This image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft shows how surface emissivity -- how efficiently Earth's surface radiates heat -- changed in several regions of Pakistan over a 32-day period between July 11 (pre-flood) and August 12 (post-flood).
PIA13342:
NASA's AIRS Detects Extent of Pakistan Flooding
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-19 Earth CloudSat
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In late July 2010, flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains began in several regions of Pakistan. This image from NASA's Aqua spacecraft reveals the bright white cloud tops from the cluster of thunderstorms.
PIA13340:
NASA's CloudSat Spots Beginning of Pakistan Floods
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-17 Earth Aqua
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Images made with data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA's Aqua satellite, show sulfur dioxide released from the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull.
PIA13142:
Sulfur Dioxide in Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Cloud as seen by AIRS
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-04-15 Earth Aqua
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NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the volcano on April 15, capturing this image of the ash plume. The image shows the ash cloud being carried over the Shetland Islands and onward to Europe.
PIA13041:
NASA's AIRS Instrument Captures Ash Cloud from Icelandic Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-09 Earth Aqua
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Created with data acquired by JPL's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument during July 2009 this image shows large-scale patterns of carbon dioxide concentrations that are transported around Earth by the general circulation of the atmosphere.
PIA12339:
Global Carbon Dioxide Transport from AIRS Data, July 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-24 Earth Aqua
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A major dust storm moved across the eastern and northeastern regions of Australia on Sept. 23, 2009, out towards the Pacific as seen the by Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA12239:
Australia's Red Dawn
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-15 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat satellite captured an eye overpass of Super Typhoon Choi-Wan in the Western Pacific on September 15, 2009 at 0352Z.
PIA12198:
CloudSat Peers Into the Heart of a Super Typhoon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-04 Earth Aqua
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Carbon monoxide in the smoke from the Station fire was lofted high into the atmosphere, where it was observed by JPL's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite. Animation available at the Photojournal.
PIA12195:
Concentration and Transport of Carbon Monoxide from the California Wildfires Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-21 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's satellite CloudSat captured an extraordinary eye overpass of a category 4 Hurricane Bill on August 19, 2009 at 1720 UTC (1220 EDT). Bill's maximum sustained winds are 132 mph (115 knots) with a central pressure of 947 mb.
PIA12179:
Hurricane Bill Eye Overpass
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-30 Earth Aqua
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This image shows average daytime temperatures in May, 2009, as observed by JPL's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA12098:
Global Daytime Air Temperature for May 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-30 Earth Aqua
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This image represents the total precipitable water vapor for May, 2009 as observed by JPL's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA12097:
Global Total Precipitable Water Vapor for May 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-30 Earth Aqua
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This image represents the total precipitable water vapor for May 2009 as observed by JPL's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA12096:
Global Total Precipitable Water Vapor for May 2009
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-19 Earth Aqua
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Carbon monoxide from the Australian fires of February, 2009, as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA11807:
Carbon Monoxide from the Australian Fires of Feb 2009 as seen by AIRS Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-18 Earth Aqua
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This visualization from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite shows variations in the three dimensional distribution of water vapor in the atmosphere during the summer and fall of 2005.
PIA11424:
Water Vapor Transport, June through November 2005 (Movie) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-03 Earth Aqua
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This image shows the distribution and amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's mid-troposphere in July 2008 as measured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA11395:
AIRS Carbon Dioxide with Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide Overlaid
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-24 Earth Aqua
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This image, created with data acquired by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument during July 2008, shows large scale patterns of carbon dioxide concentrations that are transported around the Earth by the general circulation of the atmosphere.
PIA11194:
Global Carbon Dioxide Transport from AIRS Data, July 2008
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-22 Earth Aqua
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AIRS global distribution of mid-tropospheric carbon dioxide at 8-13 km altitudes between July 2003 and 2007, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) insturment onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA11186:
AIRS Global Distribution of Mid-Tropospheric Carbon Dioxide at 8-13 km Altitudes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-17 Earth Aqua
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua satellite collects data and creates a temperature profile, September, 2008, represented by a blue beam as it sweeps back and forth through the atmosphere down to the surface of the Earth.
PIA11171:
AIRS Collects Data and Creates a Temperature Profile Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-17 Aqua
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Light energy is collected by the optics system on the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument and digitized.
PIA11170:
Light Travels Through AIRS Optics Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Earth Aqua
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A series of maps of the transport of carbon monoxide generated by Alaska Fires, July 2004, created by data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA11034:
Transport of Carbon Monoxide Generated by Alaska Fires, July 2004 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-13 Earth Aqua
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Supertyphoon Pongsona isotherms as it hit the island of Guam, December of 2002, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA11033:
Supertyphoon Pongsona Isotherms Animation Icon
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Hurricane Isabel isotherms as the storm moved across the Atlantic Ocean in September, 2003, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA11032:
Hurricane Isabel Isotherms Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-06 Earth Aqua
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Transport of dust from China Dust Storm of April 2006, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA11009:
Transport of Dust from China Dust Storm of April 2006 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-22 Earth Aqua
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Carbon monoxide from California's wildfire, a visualization created using data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite, June-July, 2008.
PIA10973:
Carbon Monoxide from California's Wildfire - a Visualization Created Using Data from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-17 Earth Aqua
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Water vapor is the dominant greenhouse gas in our atmosphere. Mean clear air precipitable water, 500mb to top of atmosphere from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA10242:
Mean Clear Air Precipitable Water, 500mb to TOA from AIRS data
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite shows mean carbon monoxide at 500 millibar, September 22-29, 2002 AIRS Mean Carbon Monoxide at 500 Millibar, September 22-29, 2002.
PIA10241:
AIRS Mean Carbon Monoxide at 500 Millibar, September 22-29, 2002
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-23 Earth Aqua
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Smoke from multiple wildfires burning in Southern California in October, 2007, can be seen in this false-color image from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA10088:
Swirls of Smoke and Dust Blow Out to Sea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-11 Earth Aqua
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A series of fires across Greece in August of 2007 burned 469,000 acres, visualized here by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA09923:
Visualization of Fires in Greece as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-09-03 Earth Aqua
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These infrared and microwave images were created with data retrieved by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite, and show the remnants of the former Hurricane Felix over Central America, September, 2007.
PIA10649:
Hurricane Felix
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-18 Earth Aqua
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Visible image of Typhoon Sepat, western Pacific Ocean, southeast coast of China, August, 2007, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA10648:
Typhoon Sepat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-15 Earth Aqua
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Visible image of Tropical Storm Erin, the Atlantic Ocean 210 miles south of Galveston, Texas, August, 2007, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA10647:
Tropical Storm Erin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-15 Earth Aqua
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Visible image of Hurricane Dean, at the coast of Mexico from Manzanillo to Mazatlan in August, 2007, from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) insturment onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA10646:
Hurricane Dean
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Global tropospheric methane for August 2005 retrieved from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA09941:
AIRS-Retrieved Global Tropospheric Methane for August 2005
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Detection of dust: global map for July 2003 from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA09940:
AIRS Detection of Dust: Global Map for July 2003
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Ozone burden during Antarctic winter: time series from 8/1/2005 to 9/30/2005 from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA09938:
AIRS Ozone Burden During Antarctic Winter: Time Series from 8/1/2005 to 9/30/2005 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-24 Earth Aqua
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Sulfur dioxide plume from the Mt. Etna Eruption 2002 as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA09937:
Sulfur Dioxide Plume from Mt. Etna Eruption 2002 as Detected with AIRS Data
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Map of carbon monoxide draped on globe: time Series from 8/1/2005 to 9/30/2005 from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA09936:
AIRS Map of Carbon Monoxide Draped on Globe: Time Series from 8/1/2005 to 9/30/2005 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-07 Earth CloudSat
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The image of Tropical Cyclone Gonu in the upper panel was taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on June 5, 2007, at approximately 20:20 UTC.
PIA09601:
Tropical Cyclone Gonu Viewed by CloudSat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-18 Earth Aqua
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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft is also being used by scientists to observe atmospheric carbon dioxide.
PIA09269:
AIRS Global Map of Carbon Dioxide from Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-16 Earth Aqua
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AIRS mid-tropospheric CO2, Version 5, July 2003 from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA10645:
AIRS Mid-Tropospheric CO2, Version 5, July 2003
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-10 Earth CloudSat
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NASA's CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar captured a profile across Tropical Storm Andrea on Wednesday, May 9, 2007, near the South Carolina/Georgia/Florida Atlantic coast.
PIA09379:
CloudSat Profiles Tropical Storm Andrea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-01-19 Earth Aqua
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The average tropospheric relative humidity from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua satellite for the four December-February periods during 2002 through 2005.
PIA00523:
Average Tropical Relative Humidity from AIRS, Dec-Feb 2002-2005
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-03 Earth Aqua
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This infrared image shows Tropical Depression 6 (Florence) in the Atlantic, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite in September, 2006.
PIA00512:
Tropical Depression 6 (Florence) in the Atlantic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-08-29 Earth Aqua
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This infrared image shows Typhoon Ioke in the Western Pacific, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite in August, 2006.
PIA00511:
Typhoon Ioke in the Western Pacific
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-08-28 Earth Aqua
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This infrared image shows Tropical Storm Ernesto over Cuba, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite in August, 2006.
PIA00510:
Tropical Storm Ernesto over Cuba
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-08-22 Earth Aqua
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This is an infrared image of Hurricane Ileana in the Eastern Pacific, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on August 22, 2006.
PIA00509:
Hurricane Ileana in the Eastern Pacific
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This infrared image show Tropical Depression Debbie in the Atlantic, from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on August 22, 2006.
PIA00508:
Tropical Depression Debbie in the Atlantic
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Infrared image of Hurricane Hector in the eastern Pacific were created with data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on August 17, 2006.
PIA00507:
Hurricane Hector in the Eastern Pacific
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This is an infrared image of Typhoon Saomai from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua satellite on August 10, 2006.
PIA08652:
Typhoon Saomai as seen by AIRS
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-07-20 Earth Aqua
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This is an AIRS infrared image of Tropical Storm Beryl in the western Atlantic, from the NASA's Aqua satellite on July 20, 2006, 1:30 am local time. The image shows the temperature of the cloud tops or the surface of the Earth in cloud-free regions.
PIA08613:
Tropical Storm Beryl as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-22 Earth Aqua
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In September, 2005, Rita was a category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 mph and a central pressure of 897 millibar when positioned approximately 470 southeast of Galveston, Texas.
PIA00449:
Hurricane Rita as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-30 Earth Aqua
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Infrared image of Hurricane Katrina captured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder onboard NASA's Aqua satellite in August, 2005.
PIA04178:
Hurricane Katrina as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
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NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument is able to peel back cloud cover to reveal 3-D structure of a storm's water vapor content, information that can be used to improve weather forecast models.
PIA07938:
AIRS Storm Front Approaching California (animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-07-15 Earth Aqua
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In July of 2005, 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, captured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA00448:
Sahara Dust Cloud
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as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua.
PIA00431:
Hurricane Ivan as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-30 Earth Aqua
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This image shows Hurricane Frances in August 2004 as captured by instruments onboard two different NASA satellites: the AIRS infrared instrument onboard Aqua, and the SeaWinds scatterometer onboard QuikSCAT.
PIA00435:
Hurricane Frances as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and SeaWinds Scatterometer
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Born in the Atlantic, Hurricane Frances became a category 4 hurricane on August 31, 2004, as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua.
PIA00433:
Hurricane Frances as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) - Total Water Vapor Time Series Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-12 Earth Aqua
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Tropical storm Bonnie, Gulf of Mexico, captured on August 3, 2004 by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA00441:
Tropical Storm Bonnie as Observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-08-03 Earth Aqua
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Hurricane Alex captured on August 3, 2004, as observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua.
PIA00440:
Hurricane Alex, located about 80 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, as observed by NASA's Spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS).
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Hurricane Darby as observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua in July, 2004.
PIA00439:
Hurricane Darby off the Pacific Coast of Mexico
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Hurricane Celia as observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua in the year 2004.
PIA00438:
Hurricane Celia off the Pacific Coast of Mexico
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Tropical Storm Blas as observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) onboard NASA's Aqua in the year 2004.
PIA00436:
Tropical Storm Blas off the Pacific Coast of Mexico
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a Category 5 storm.
PIA00430:
Hurricane Isabel, Amount of Atmospheric Water Vapor Observed By AIRS
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These two images show Hurricane Isabel as viewed by AIRS and SeaWinds scatterometers on NASA's ADEOS-2 and QuikScat satellites in September, 2003.
PIA00429:
Hurricane Isabel, AIRS Infrared and SeaWinds Scatterometer Data Combined
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This false-color image shows Hurricane Isabel viewed by the AIRS and AMSU-A instruments at 1:30 EDT in the morning of Thursday September 18, 2003.
PIA00428:
Hurricane Isabel
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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.
PIA00427:
Global Average Brightness Temperature for April 2003
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Visible image of a California storm in March, 2003, as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite.
PIA00402:
Viewing a California Storm
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This image was made from data acquired by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) instrument suite aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft in December, 2002, just as the eye of Supertyphoon Pongsona was about to pass over Guam.
PIA00367:
Supertyphoon Pongsona
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Mt. Etna, a volcano on the island of Sicily, erupted on October 26, 2002, as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua.
PIA00355:
Mt. Etna Eruption
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Tropical Storm Isidore was born in mid-September, 2000 north of Venezuela. This images is from Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua.
PIA00365:
Flooding Resulting From Hurricane Isidore, Comparing Data from September 12 and 28, 2002
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Hurricane Isidore as seen by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounding System (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua in 2002.
PIA00350:
Hurricane Isadore
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AIRS Retrieved Temperature Isotherms over Southern Europe viewed from the west, September 8, 2002. The isotherms in this map made from AIRS onboard NASA's Aqua satellite data show regions of the same temperature in the atmosphere.
PIA00513:
AIRS Retrieved Temperature Isotherms over Southern Europe
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These images, taken over northern Europe on July 20, 2002, depict a few of the different views of Earth and its atmosphere that are produced by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder experiment system operating on NASA's Aqua spacecraft.
PIA00345:
AIRS First Light Data: Northern Europe, July 20, 2002
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These four images of Tropical Cyclone Ramasun were obtained July 3, 2002 by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder experiment system onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft.
PIA00341:
AIRS First Light Data: Typhoon Ramasun, July 3, 2002
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These four images of the Mediterranean were obtained concurrently on June 14, 2002 from the three instruments that make up the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder experiment system aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft.
PIA00326:
AIRS First Light Data: Eastern Mediterranean, June 14, 2002
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