Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere-Aircraft (MOPITT-A)

Author

Jounot, Loïc J. ; Drummond, James R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

6

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

3180

Abstract

MOPITT (Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere) is a carbon monoxide and methane remote sounder launched in 1999 with the Terra spacecraft. An aircraft replica (MOPITT-A) has been developed at the University of Toronto to perform validation of MOPITT radiances as well as small-scale pollution studies. MOPITT-A is based on the engineering model of MOPITT, modified for flight in NASA´s ER-2 research aircraft. The instrument was first tested over California from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in July 2000. In August and September 2000, it participated in the SAFARI 2000 field campaign in South Africa. This paper presents some of the data collected during SAFARI 2000. MOPITT-A is financed by the Canadian Space Agency and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

Keywords

air pollution measurement; atmospheric measuring apparatus; remote sensing; troposphere; CO; California; MOPITT radiances; MOPITT-A; Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere-Aircraft; SAFARI 2000 field campaign; South Africa; Terra spacecraft; aircraft replica; carbon monoxide remote sounder; methane remote sounder; remote sounder; small-scale pollution studies; validation; Acoustical engineering; Aerospace engineering; Aircraft propulsion; Carbon dioxide; Instruments; NASA; Pollution measurement; Space vehicles; 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.2002.1027123

Filename

1027123