GMAO Explores Hunga Tonga Volcano Eruption and Atmospheric Rivers

NASA's Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) used a new composition reanalysis to study water vapor from the Hunga Tonga volcano eruption and weather reanalyses to detect atmospheric rivers. The projects leveraged NASA High-End Computing resources at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS).

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Map of water vapor after the Hunga Tonga volcano eruption