{"id":412186,"date":"2022-03-04T22:08:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasa-finds-each-state-has-its-own-climatic-threshold-for-flu-outbreaks\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T22:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:08:13","slug":"nasa-finds-each-state-has-its-own-climatic-threshold-for-flu-outbreaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-finds-each-state-has-its-own-climatic-threshold-for-flu-outbreaks\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA finds each state has its own climatic threshold for flu outbreaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32b94cd82d4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32b94cd82d4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-finds-each-state-has-its-own-climatic-threshold-for-flu-outbreaks\/#%E2%80%9CNASA_finds_each_state_has_its_own_climatic_threshold_for_flu_outbreaks%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NASA finds each state has its own climatic threshold for flu outbreaks&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNASA_finds_each_state_has_its_own_climatic_threshold_for_flu_outbreaks%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NASA finds each state has its own climatic threshold for flu outbreaks&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/nasa-finds-each-state.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/nasa-finds-each-state.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"This chart shows low-humidity thresholds that signal flu outbreaks in 48 U.S. states. The color range from lighter to darker indicates lower to higher humidity thresholds, with the driest state, Wyoming, having the lowest threshold and Florida the highest. Units are kilograms of water per kilogram of air. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/nasa-finds-each-state.jpg\" alt=\"NASA Finds Each State Has Its Own Climatic Threshold for Flu Outbreaks\" title=\"This chart shows low-humidity thresholds that signal flu outbreaks in 48 U.S. states. The color range from lighter to darker indicates lower to higher humidity thresholds, with the driest state, Wyoming, having the lowest threshold and Florida the highest. Units are kilograms of water per kilogram of air. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                This chart shows low-humidity thresholds that signal flu outbreaks in 48 U.S. states. The color range from lighter to darker indicates lower to higher humidity thresholds, with the driest state, Wyoming, having the lowest threshold and Florida the highest. Units are kilograms of water per kilogram of air. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What triggers an outbreak of the influenza virus? A new study of the flu in the 48 contiguous U.S. states, using data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA&#8217;s Aqua satellite, has found that the answer is closely tied to local weather\u2014specifically, to low humidity\u2014and varies from state to state.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                    Average humidity varies widely across the United States, but even in the most humid states, it begins to drop as winter <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaches. Researchers at NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the University of Southern California correlated AIRS measurements of water vapor in the lower atmosphere with flu case estimates for each week from 2003 to 2015. The researchers found that in each state, there is a specific level of low humidity that may signal a flu outbreak is imminent. When this threshold is crossed each year, a large increase in flu cases follows within two or three weeks, on average.<\/p>\n<p>These threshold levels of low humidity closely parallel each state&#8217;s average climate. Although all 48 states have different thresholds, states with humid climates, such as those in the Southeast, have higher threshold values than arid states, including those in the West and Southwest.<\/p>\n<p>The study wasn&#8217;t designed to answer why lower humidity leads to flu outbreaks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mb-4\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n    <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"NASA Finds Each State Has Its Own Climatic Threshold for Flu Outbreaks\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/nasa-finds-each-state.mp4\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A visualization of the AIRS instrument\u2019s measurements of atmospheric water vapor around the globe during a few months of the flu study, which focused on data from 2003 to 2015. AIRS is on NASA\u2019s Aqua satellite. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/AIRS\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-03-04T14:06:56-05:00\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video_tmb\/2022\/nasa-finds-each-state.mp4.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/nasa-finds-each-state.mp4\"\/><br \/>\n            <video class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\" id=\"jwVID68561\" controls=\"\" poster=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video_tmb\/2022\/nasa-finds-each-state.mp4.jpg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/video\/2022\/nasa-finds-each-state.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/source><\/video><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up mt-4\" itemprop=\"caption\">A visualization of the AIRS instrument\u2019s measurements of atmospheric water vapor around the globe during a few months of the flu study, which focused on data from 2003 to 2015. AIRS is on NASA\u2019s Aqua satellite. Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/AIRS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-medium text-info mt-2 d-inline-block\" href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2022-03-humans-max-temperatures-humidities-previously.html\">Humans can endure lower max temperatures and humidities than previously thought<\/a>\n                                        <\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                E. Serman et al, Spatial Variation in Humidity and the Onset of Seasonal Influenza Across the Contiguous United States, <i>GeoHealth<\/i> (2021).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GH000469\">DOI: 10.1029\/2021GH000469<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/phys.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 NASA finds each state has its own climatic threshold for flu outbreaks (2022, March  4)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  4 March 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-03-nasa-state-climatic-threshold-flu.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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