MOPITT Level 3
Entry Title: MOPITT CO gridded monthly means (Near and Thermal Infrared Radiances) V009
Entry ID: MOP03JM_9
Tropospheric Composition
Description
MOP03JM_9 is the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) Carbon Monoxide (CO) gridded monthly means (Near and Thermal Infrared Radiances) version 9 data product. It contains monthly mean-gridded daily Level 2 CO profile versions and total column retrievals. For this data product, the averaging kernels associated with each retrieval are also gridded and included in the Level 3 files. For a description of the file contents, refer to the File Spec Document. The MOPITT Level 2 Data Quality Statement contains additional information about the retrievals' quality and limitations. MOPITT was successfully launched into sun-synchronous polar orbit aboard Terra, NASA's first Earth Observing System spacecraft, on December 18, 1999. The MOPITT instrument was constructed by a consortium of Canadian companies and funded by the Space Science Division of the Canadian Space Agency. Data collection for this product is ongoing.
Publications which Cite this Collection
Elshorbany, Yasin; Ziemke, Jerald R.; Strode, Sarah; Petetin, Hervé; Miyazaki, Kazuyuki; De Smedt, Isabelle; Pickering, Kenneth; Seguel, Rodrigo J.; Worden, Helen; Emmerichs, Tamara; Taraborrelli, Domenico; Cazorla, Maria; Fadnavis, Suvarna; Buchholz, Rebecca R.; Gaubert, Benjamin; Rojas, Néstor Y.; Nogueira, Thiago; Salameh, Thérèse; Huang, Min (2024). Tropospheric ozone precursors: global and regional distributions, trends, and variability.
Chen, Bin; Hu, Jiashun; Song, Zhihao; Zhou, Xingzhao; Zhao, Lin; Wang, Yixuan; Chen, Ruming; Ren, Yuxiang (2023). Exploring high-resolution near-surface CO concentrations based on Himawari-8 top-of-atmosphere radiation data: Assessing the distribution of city-level CO hotspots in China.
Wang, Kai; Zhang, Yang; Yu, Shaocai; Wong, David C.; Pleim, Jonathan; Mathur, Rohit; Kelly, James T.; Bell, Michelle (2021). A comparative study of two-way and offline coupled WRF v3.4 and CMAQ v5.0.2 over the contiguous US: performance evaluation and impacts of chemistry–meteorology feedbacks on air quality.
Albores, I.S.; Buchholz, R.R.; Ortega, I.; Emmons, L.K.; Hannigan, J.W.; Lacey, F.; Pfister, G.; Tang, W.; Worden, H.M. (2016). Continental-scale Atmospheric Impacts of the 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires.
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- Earth Observing System Data and InformationSystem (EOSDIS) Article: On The Trail of Global Pollution Drift
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Bushfires Raging in Southeast Australia : Natural Hazards - Data taken by the Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite have been combined for 6 days from January 15-20, 2003
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Carbon Monoxide from Tropical Fires : Natural Hazards - The Terra MOPITT sensor observed large plumes of carbon monoxide produced by biomass burning in South America and Africa in early August 2004.
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: Fires and Thick Smoke over South America : Natural Hazards - Places where MOPITT could not collect enough data to make an estimate of carbon monoxide (probably due to clouds) are gray.
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: MOPITT First Light Image : Image of the Day - MOPITT measures radiances in several channels to determine the amount of carbon monoxide (CO) and methane in the atmosphere.
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: MOPITT Views Carbon Monoxide Concentration, there were widespread wildfires across Montana and Idaho.
- NASA Earth Observatory Article: MOPITT Views North America : Image of the Day - Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere, MOPITT, measures two important pollutants in the Earth's atmosphere—carbon monoxide (CO) and methane.
- NASA Earthdata Article: Nature's contribution: Researchers investigate how much wildfires contribute to pollution, and how far this pollution can travel - By Jane Beitler
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- AIR QUALITY
- ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
- CARBON MONOXIDE PROFILES > ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
- WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- CARBON MONOXIDE
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF-EOS5
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-03 - 2025-02-01