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AIRS Resources
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Sensors on Aqua, Suomi-NPP, and NOAA-20 detected fires and poor air quality across Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other countries in early April 2026.
Worldview Image of the Week
April 10, 2026
NASA's AIRS instrument provides information about precipitable water vapor, a key variable in determining the potential strength of hurricanes and tropical cyclones.
Blog
Sept. 30, 2025
Image captured June 10, 2025, by the MODIS and AIRS instruments aboard the Aqua platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
June 13, 2025
A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in November 2024.
News
Dec. 4, 2024
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