2014 - 2015 Atmospheric River

  • Released Monday, January 11th, 2016
  • Updated Friday, August 25th, 2023 at 12:07AM
  • ID: 4417

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.

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Datasets used in this visualization

IMERG
Data Compilation NASA/GSFC

Dataset can be found at: http://pmm.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/document_files/IMERG_ATBD_V4.4.pdf

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MERRA
Analysis
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