Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT)

MOPITT is an instrument flying on NASA's Earth Observing System Terra spacecraft, measuring tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) on the global scale. MOPITT measurements enable scientists to analyze the distribution, transport, sources and sinks of CO, a trace gas produced by methane oxidation, fossil fuel consumption and biomass burning. MOPITT has been operational since March 2000.

Datasets are available in grided or vector formats (22 km x 22km pixels, available in L2 files, 1x1 degree grid in L3 files). Both L2 and L3 MOPITT products have total column CO and vertical profiles with 9 pressure levels.

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Questions? Email Resource Support Contact:

  • Daniel Ziskin
    ziskin@ucar.edu
    UCAR/NCAR - Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory - MOPITT

Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2000-03-03T00:00:00
    End:  now

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2000-03-03T00:00:00
Temporal Range End now
Temporal Resolution Daily and Monthly
Bounding Box North Lat 90
Bounding Box South Lat -90
Bounding Box West Long -180
Bounding Box East Long 180
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution 22 km
Related Links

NCAR MOPITT homepage : Provides additional information regarding the MOPITT data products and project description
Additional Information

Webpage for MOPITT Data Products: https://www2.acom.ucar.edu/mopitt/products
Resource Format HDF
Standardized Resource Format HDF
Asset Size N/A
Legal Constraints

Use of this dataset is subject to NASA's Terms of Use and Policies
Access Constraints A valid account with NASA Earthdata is a requirement for access to the data via Earthdata
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Daniel Ziskin
Resource Support Email ziskin@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory - MOPITT
Distributor NASA
Metadata Contact Name Dan Ziskin
Metadata Contact Email ziskin@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization UCAR/NCAR - Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory - MOPITT

Author Helen Worden
Publisher NASA
Publication Date 2017-07-18
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier MOPITT CO
Resource Version V7
Topic Category N/A
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2017-10-16T13:53:54
Metadata Record Identifier ec3a7513-ad12-11e7-9623-b808cf016134
Metadata Language eng
Suggested Citation Helen Worden. (2017). Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT). V7. NASA. https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/mopitt/mopitt_table. Accessed 31 October 2025.

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