Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT): Long-Term Measurements of Carbon Monoxide Across the Globe
Abstract
The MOPITT instrument was launched on the Terra satellite in December 1999. At the present time it is well on the way (9+ years) to providing a decade-long time series of carbon monoxide in the troposphere. This unique dataset has provided us with great insights into the production, distribution and transport of pollutants around the globe. With a long dataset comes the opportunity to look at multiple instances of events such as El Nino and to assess the longer term variations of carbon monoxide (CO) across the globe. This poster will look at what the MOPITT dataset tells us (and does not tell us) about the long-term issues for CO, whether there is such a thing as a "typical year" and how MOPITT is positioned as it begins a second decade of measurements. The MOPITT instrument was supplied to the Terra spacecraft by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The prime contractor for MOPITT was COMDEV of Cambridge, Ontario. Funding for MOPITT science analysis in Canada has been supplied by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the CSA. Data processing in the US has been supported by NASA who also funded the spacecraft.
- Publication:
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AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009AGUSM.A11B..20D
- Keywords:
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- 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry