2014 - 2015 Atmospheric River
The close-up view of the atmopheric river in Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2015.
Atmospheric rivers are short-lived, narrow streams of wind that carry water vapor from the tropical oceans to mid-latitude land areas. Shown here is an atmospheric river traveling across the Pacific between October 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015. (White colors are clouds, light blues water vapor, and green to red precipitation.)
The global view of the atmospheric river in Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2015.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Cheng Zhang (USRA)
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Animators
- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producer
- Kayvon Sharghi (USRA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, January 11, 2016.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:07 AM EST.
Datasets used in this visualization
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MERRA
ID: 684 -
IMERG
ID: 863This dataset can be found at: http://pmm.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/document_files/IMERG_ATBD_V4.4.pdf
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