WHAT IS AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? The weather system occurs all over the world. It starts when a large amount of water vapor from tropical oceans is carried by a jet stream toward land. As the air ...

Languages: English. Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow corridors of concentrated water vapor in the atmosphere. When these systems make landfall, they can deliver immense rainfall and snow over a ...

"There's no more key ingredient to analyzing weather to meteorologists than observations," Science and Operations Officer Matt Friedlein said. He said the balloon helps track the atmospheric cap.