The distribution of middle tropospheric carbon monoxide during early October 1984

Journal Article · Wed Jun 20 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Journal of Geophysical Research; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/JD095iD07p09845· OSTI ID:6166781

Reichle, Jr, H G; Connors, V S; Holland, J A; Sherrill, R T; Wallio, H A ^[1]; Casas, J C ^[2]; Condon, E P ^[3]; Gormsen, B B ^[4]; Seiler, W ^[5]

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1. NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia (USA)
2. SpaceTec Ventures, Incorporated, Hampton, Virginia (USA)
3. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, (CA)
4. ST Systems Corporation, Hampton, Virginia (USA)
5. Fraunhofer Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Federal Republic of Germany (DE)

The Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellite (MAPS) experiment measured the distribution of middle tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) from the space shuttle during October 1984. The data represent average mixing ratios in the middle troposphere between 57{degree}N and 57{degree}S. Approximately 75,000 individual CO measurements were obtained during the 9-day mission. The data are presented in maps that show the CO mixing ratios averaged over 5{degree} latitude by 5{degree} longitude areas for 6 days of the mission. Comparisons with concurrent, direct measurements taken aboard aircraft show that the inferred concentrations are systematically low by 20--40% depending upon which direct measurement calibration standard is used. The data show that there are very large CO sources resulting from biomass burning over South America and southern Africa. Measured mixing ratios were high over northeast Asia and were highly variable over Europe. {copyright} American Geophysical Union 1990

• OSTI ID: 6166781
• Journal Information: Journal of Geophysical Research; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research; (USA) Vol. 95:D7; ISSN JGREA; ISSN 0148-0227
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIRCRAFT
CALIBRATION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
MIXING RATIO
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SPACE SHUTTLES
SPACE VEHICLES
TROPOSPHERE
VARIATIONS
VEHICLES