Recent MATR retrieval results over Los Angeles

Author

Niu, Jianguo ; Deeter, Merritt ; Hills, Alan ; Francis, Gene ; Edwards, David P. ; Gille, John C.

Author_Institution

Nat. Center for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

6

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

3186

Abstract

The MOPITT (Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere) Airborne Test Radiometer (MATR) uses gas filter correlation radiometry to measure tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) using one length-modulated correlation cell and one pressure-modulated correlation cell. The aircraft that carries MATR usually also carries an in situ sampling system. This paper presents an overview of the MATR instrument and its validation (using in situ data), and then presents results from a flight over Los Angeles.

Keywords

air pollution measurement; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; carbon compounds; radiometers; remote sensing; CO; California; Los Angeles; MATR; MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer; Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere; USA; gas filter correlation radiometry; in situ sampling system; length-modulated correlation cell; pressure-modulated correlation cell; tropospheric carbon monoxide; validation; Aircraft; Carbon dioxide; Filters; Instruments; Length measurement; Pollution measurement; Radiometry; Sampling methods; Terrestrial atmosphere; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1027125

Filename

1027125