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Atmospheric River in the Pacific, January 2017

Detailed Description

An atmospheric river hits California in January 2017.

This visualization combines precipitation data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals (IMERG) and water vapor data from Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS) . Together, they allow scientists to study atmospheric rivers and the heavy precipitation they bring to California.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

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