NEW NASA AIRS DATA TO AID WEATHER, CLIMATE RESEARCH New and improved AIRS data measurements have just been released, including better temperature and water vapor profiles. The new data also add profiles of carbon monoxide, methane and ozone, as well as warning 'flags' to identify concentrations of sulfur dioxide and dust.
AIRS Global Map of Carbon Dioxide from Space Although originally designed to measure atmospheric water vapor and temperature for weather forecasting, scientists working with the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on the NASA Aqua Spacecraft are now using AIRS to observe atmospheric carbon dioxide.
