HR: 1330h
AN: A13A-03    [Abstracts]
TI: Human "Footprints" in the Atmosphere: Anthropogenic Evidence in MOPITT and TES Atmospheric Chemistry Data
AU: * Hunt, L A
EM: l.a.hunt@larc.nasa.gov
AF: Atmospheric Sciences Data Center, NASA Langley Research Ctr MS 157D 2 S. Wright St., Hampton, VA 23681-2199 United States
AB: The Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) experiment was launched on board the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra Satellite in December 1999 and has accumulated more than five years of global carbon monoxide measurements. Available MOPITT data products include Level 1 radiances and Level 2 derived CO total column and mixing ratio profiles at a horizontal resolution of about 22 km at nadir and a vertical resolution of about 4 km. The primary sources of CO are biomass burning and industrial pollution, making CO an indicator of the anthropogenic influence on the atmosphere. MOPITT is the first instrument to make long-term global measurements of this species and is providing a better understanding of its transport, sources and sinks. A number of visual results will be included in this presentation. The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument is a high-resolution imaging infrared Fourier-transform spectrometer that operates in both nadir and limb-sounding modes. TES is flying aboard Aura, the third of NASA's EOS satellites, which was launched in July 2004. Tropospheric ozone is a pollutant and a greenhouse gas. It has both natural and anthropogenic sources. TES makes global 3-D measurements of ozone and other chemical species involved in its formation and destruction, including water vapor, methane, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and nitric acid. The spatial resolution is 0.5 x 5 km in the nadir and 2.3 x 23 km in the limb. Level 1B spectral radiance data are currently available, and the Level 2 species data products will be publicly available in Summer 2005. Preliminary visual results will be shown. These data are available free of charge from the NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center. Additional information can be found at http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov.
UR: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov
DE: 0322 Constituent sources and sinks
DE: 0345 Pollution--urban and regional (0305)
DE: 0365 Troposphere--composition and chemistry
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly