MOPITT Data Sets

Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (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.

MOPITT generates atmospheric profiles of CO using thermal radiation at 4.7 µm. Column carbon monoxide and methane are measured using channels at 2.4 and 2.3 µm, respectively, to sense solar radiation from the surface. Methane is currently not available.

Currently Available Data Sets

For convenience in ordering a specific MOPITT data product through the EDG, click the ESDT Shortname in the data table below.