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The Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) supports NASA's Earth Science mission. Activities in Earth System modeling and data assimilation aim to maximize the impact of satellite observations on analyses and predictions of the atmosphere, ocean, land and cryosphere.

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A Dusty Atmospheric River Brings Floods to the Middle East thumbnail

A Dusty Atmospheric River Brings Floods to the Middle East

The April, 2017 Middle East flooding resulted from a "dusty atmospheric river," attributed to major mineral dust sources in the region.
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An Atmospheric Blocking Event Shatters Temperature Records in East Antarctica thumbnail

An Atmospheric Blocking Event Shatters Temperature Records in East Antarctica

The presence of warmer temperatures and liquid precipitation in East Antarctica during March 2022 coincided with a dramatic collapse of the Conger Ice Shelf.
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The Exceptional Warmth over Eurasia during JFM 2020: Role of the Tropics thumbnail

The Exceptional Warmth over Eurasia during JFM 2020: Role of the Tropics

During the first three months of 2020, much of northern Eurasia experienced record high temperatures. The authors conclude that it was primarily the stationary eddies associated with the Pacific North American (PNA) pattern and NAO that drove the anomalous descending motion that produced the observed deep layer of warming in the NH extratropics
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A 3D View of an Atmospheric River from an Earth System Model thumbnail

A 3D View of an Atmospheric River from an Earth System Model

New animation demonstrates a 3-dimensional view of an intense atmospheric river that impacted the Pacific Northwest in December 2010.
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