The Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere - Aircraft (MOPITT-A) is an airborne radiometer developed at the University of Toronto. It is an aircraft replica of the MOPITT instrument onboard the Terra satellite and is used for validation measurements. It measures thermal and solar radiation to provide column measurements of carbon monoxide (CO) and methane (CH4). MOPITT-A operates across four channels at 4.617 μm, 2.334 μm, and 2.258 μm wavelengths. It has a footprint of 2520 meters and has an accuracy of 10% for CO and 1% for CH4.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds > Carbon MonoxideEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds > MethaneEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Solar RadiationEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric ChemistryEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric RadiationEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared RadianceEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Reflectance
- Column Integrated, Troposphere
- N/A
- 2520 m
- 65 THz, 128 THz, 133 THz
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366405
James Drummond
James Drummond
University of Toronto
Canada Space Agency
data center outside NASA
 NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft 51 Campaigns · 109 Instruments |  Southern African Regional Science Initiative 1999—2001 Southern Africa 4 Deployments · 117 Data Products
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