MODIS Water Vapor

  • Credit

    Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,

Water vapor is by far the dominant greenhouse gas. MODIS can directly measure concentrations of the gas down through a total column of atmosphere, which is particularly useful for studies of regional and global hydrological cycles.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2000-04-18