MOPITT ATBD Conversion of MOPITT Digital Counts into Calibrated Radiances in Carbon Monoxide and Methane Absorption Bands (Level 0 - 1) Entry ID:
02-mopitt-99
Summary (Summary adapted from the MOPITT ATBD Level 1-B pdf file)
This document briefly outlines the Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) investigation and describes the physics and mathematics of the algorithms that convert the instrument outputs from raw digital counts (Level-0 data) into geolocated, calibrated radiances which make up the ... Level-1 data product (MOP-01).
The Level 1 outputs from these algorithms will subsequently be used as inputs to the algorithms that retrieve vertical profiles of carbon monoxide, and total column amounts of carbon monoxide and methane (Level 2 data). The algorithms that create the Level 2 data from the Level 1 data are discussed in a separate ATBD.
The global distribution of these profiles and column amounts will be used in descriptive studies of methane and carbon monoxide gases. MOPITT will thus provide the first detailed, long-term, global information on the CH 4 and CO horizontal, vertical and temporal variations, their relationships to other activities such as: biomass burning, industrial activity, thunderstorm venting of the boundary layer, etc. They will also be used in parallel modeling efforts to advance our understanding of global tropospheric chemistry and its relationship to sources, sinks, and atmospheric transports, which can be determined from other data.
Service Citation
Originators:
University of Toronto and NCAR MOPITT Team
Title:
Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere Level 1-B Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (Level 0 - 1)
Release_Date:
1996-08-01
Provider:
University of Toronto
Edition:
ATBD Release 2
URL:
http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/MOPITT/home.html
Originators:
J. Gille & the NCAR MOPITT Team
Title:
MOPITT: Retrieval of Carbon Monoxide Profiles and Column Amounts of Carbon Monoxide and Methane from
Release_Date:
1999-08-01
Provider:
GSFC, NASA
Edition:
ATBD Release 2
URL:
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_scientists/atbd/docs/M...
Quality This service is best suited for scientists and researchers.
Access Constraints All ATBDs are provided in PDF format which can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat. Adobe Acrobat is a freely downloadable document viewer.
The Langley Distributed Active Archive Center (LaRC DAAC) will archive and distribute data that result from MOPITT. Data can be ordered via the LaRC DAAC web site at http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov.
Name:
DR. MICHAEL
D.
KING
Phone:
301-614-5636
Fax:
301-614-5620
Email:
michael.d.king at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop 610.0 City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media:
electronic
Distribution_Size:
205 KB
Distribution_Format:
pdf file
Personnel
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Related URL
Link:
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Description:
The MOPITT home page offers information and graphics related to the
MOPITT instrument on board the AM-1 satellite.
Link:
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Description:
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATBDs) are being developed for every EOS
instrument product, although some ATBDs address more than one product, and some
products are addressed by more than one ATBD. ATBDs typically provide the
theoretical basis, both the physical theory and the mathematical procedures and
possible assumptions being applied, for the calculations that have to be made
to convert the radiances received by the instruments to geophysical quantities.
The geophysical quantities are then available to the scientific community for
studies of the various characteristics of the Earth system.
Publications/References An extensive list of references is available on pages 4 - 5 of the MOPITT ATBD pdf file.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
1999-11-04
SERF Last Revision Date:
2006-03-27
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