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Monthly Average Daily TCWV from AIRS for July 2025

Water Vapor Data Helps Meteorologists Predict Whether a Storm Will Strengthen or Weaken

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

GeoColor image of an atmospheric river moving over the Pacific Northwest of USA on 4 December 2023 at 22:40 UTC from the ABI instrument aboard the GOES-West satellite

Atmospheric River over the Pacific Northwest

Image captured on Dec 4, 2023, by the ABI instrument aboard the GOES-West satellite.

Worldview Image of the Week

Dec. 7, 2023

This image from the AIRS instrument shows surface air temperature over North America and the Arctic on December 22nd, 2022.

Contributions of NASA's AIRS Instrument Continue with CrIS, ATMS

Next-generation instruments aboard Joint Polar Satellite System spacecraft provide continuity to the AIRS project that began in 2002.

Feature Article

Feb. 27, 2023

Dr. Anna Wilson

Data from NASA’s GHRC DAAC helps scientists like Dr. Anna Wilson develop accurate representations of atmospheric rivers to increase forecast accuracy and improve weather model outputs.

Data User Story

Dec. 21, 2021

Daymet data include daily precipitation totals for North America

ORNL DAAC Releases New Version of Its Popular Daymet Meteorological Dataset

Daymet Version 4's improved algorithm and reduced timing and sensor biases result in more accurate and precise data.

News

April 14, 2021

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