Authors: Edwards, D, Emmons, L, Hauglustaine, Chu, Gille, J, Kaufman, Y, Pétron, G, Yurganov, Giglio, Deeter, M, Yudin, V, Ziskin, Warner, Lamarque, J.-f, Francis, Ho, S, Mao, Chen, Grechko, E, Drummond
Venue: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Type: Publication
Abstract: International audience; Measurements from the Terra satellite launched in December of 1999 provide a global record of the recent interannual variability of tropospheric air quality: carbon monoxide (CO) from the Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument and aerosol optical depth (AOD) from the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). This paper compares and contrasts these data sets with a view to understanding the general features of the overall pollutant loading of the Northern Hemisphere (NH). We present a...
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Atmospheric sciences
Climatology
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