Title :
Retrieval of CO column and profile data in the region of Europe from the MOPITT instrument
Author :
Remedios, J.J. ; Richards, N.A.D. ; Savage, N. ; Connor, F.O.
Author_Institution :
Earth Obs. Sci., Space Res. Centre, Leicester Univ., UK
Abstract :
The region of Europe is interesting for the study of CO due to the combination of local sources of pollution and transport of high levels of CO from distant sources. Since the former more readily affects the boundary layer, and the latter may involve lofting to higher altitudes as well as long range transport, the profile shape of CO may vary considerably. Typical model profiles of CO for ocean and continental Europe are compared to those retrieved from MOPITT observations.
Keywords :
air pollution measurement; atmospheric techniques; carbon compounds; remote sensing; troposphere; CO; CO column data retrieval; CO profile data retrieval; MOPITT observations; Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere experiment; boundary layer; continental Europe; local sources pollution; lofting; long range transport; ocean; Chemistry; Europe; Extraterrestrial measurements; Information retrieval; Instruments; Oceans; Pollution measurement; Sea measurements; Shape; Terrestrial atmosphere;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025784
