Title :
The EOS MOPITT instrument:validation and early results
Author :
Gille, Johan ; Edwards, Doug ; Warner, J. ; Francis, Gareth ; Ziskin, D. ; Drummond, Jason
Abstract :
Launched on the EOS Terra satellite on December 18, 1999, the MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere) instrument has been observing tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) and methane (CH4 ) since March, 2000. The instrument is now fully functional, and the retrieval algorithms are now being validated. Because of the pioneering aspect of this instrument, validation is a particularly important phase of operations and is the main emphasis of this paper
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; air pollution measurement; radiometers; remote sensing; troposphere; CO; EOS MOPITT instrument validation; Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere; Terra satellite; methane; retrieval algorithms; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Carbon dioxide; Earth Observing System; Gases; Instruments; Laboratories; Monitoring; Pollution measurement; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976799
