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Space programs and missions · A guided course
Infrared signals, moving air and a long record
Explore Canada’s instrument aboard Terra: retrieve carbon monoxide from infrared light, interpret maps and vertical sensitivity, follow pollution transport and compare a changing archive.
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MOPITT-derived annual-average carbon monoxide map for 2014 at approximately 3,700 metres, published in 2015. Yellow through orange to red represents increasing concentration; gray means unavailable data. This is a processed observation map, not a natural-color photograph, surface exposure reading or current conditions. The full original has no numeric color bar, so use it qualitatively.
NASA Earth Observatory / Jesse Allen and Joshua Stevens; NCAR and University of Toronto MOPITT Teams · Image source · NASA media use guidelinesYour place in the bigger picture
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Reading the atmosphere in filtered sunlight
MOPITT: following carbon monoxide
Infrared signals, moving air and a long record
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