NCAR Only MOPITT related publications

2004

Bremer, H., et al., Spatial and temporal variation of MOPITT CO in Africa and South America: A comparison with SHADOZ ozone and MODIS aerosol, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D12304, doi:10.1029/2003JD004234, 2004. (ONLINE)

Clerbaux, C., J. Gille, and D. Edwards, New Directions: Infrared measurements of atmospheric pollution from space, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 4599-4601, 2004. (PDF)

Crawford, J.H., et al., Relationship between Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) and in situ observations of CO based on a large-scale feature sampled during TRACE-P, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D15S04, doi:10.1029/2003JD004308, 2004. (ONLINE)

Deeter, M.N., et al., Evaluation of operational radiances for the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument CO thermal-band channels, J. Geophys. Res., 109(D3), D03308, 10.1029/2003JD003970, 14 February 2004.(PDF) (ONLINE)

Deeter, M. N., L. K. Emmons, D. P. Edwards, J. C. Gille, and J. R. Drummond, 2004, Vertical resolution and information content of CO profiles retrieved by MOPITT, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L15112, doi:10.1029/2004GL020235. (ONLINE)

Edwards, D.P., et al., Observations of carbon monoxide and aerosols from the Terra satellite: Northern Hemisphere variability, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D24202, doi:10.1029/2004JD004727, 2004. (PDF) (ONLINE)

Emmons, L.K., et al., Validation of Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) CO retrievals with aircraft in situ profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 109(D3), D03309, 10.1029/2003JD004101, 14 February 2004.(PDF) (ONLINE)

Lamarque, J.-F.; Khattatov, B.; Yudin, V.; Edwards, D. P.; Gille, J. C.; Emmons, L. K.; Deeter, M. N.; Warner, J.; Ziskin, D. C.; Francis, G. L.; Ho, S.; Mao, D.; Chen, J.; Drummond, J. R, Application of a bias estimator for the improved assimilation of Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) carbon monoxide retrievals,J. Geophys. Res., 109(D16), D16304, doi:10.1029/2003JD004466, 20 August 2004. (ONLINE)

Niu, Jianguo, Merritt N. Deeter, John C. Gille, David P. Edwards, Daniel C. Ziskin, Gene L. Francis, Alan J. Hills, Mark W. Smith, Carbon Monoxide Total Column Retrievals by Use of the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere Airborne Test Radiometer, Applied Optics, Volume 43, Issue 24, 4685-4696, August 2004.(PDF)

Pétron, G., C. Granier, B. Khattotov, V. Yudin, J.-F. Lamarque, L. Emmons, J. Gille, and D. P. Edwards (2004), Monthly CO surface sources inventory based on the 2000-2001 MOPITT satellite data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L21107, doi:10.1029/2004GL020560. (PDF) (ONLINE)

Pfister, G., G. Pétron, L. K. Emmons, J. C. Gille, D. P. Edwards, J.-F. Lamarque, J.-L. Attie, C. Granier, and P. C. Novelli, Evaluation of CO simulations and the analysis of the CO budget for Europe, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D19304, doi:10.1029/2004JD004691, 2004.(ONLINE)

Yudin V. A., G. Pétron, J.-F. Lamarque, B. V. Khattatov, P. G. Hess, L. V. Lyjak, J. C. Gille, D. P. Edwards, M. N. Deeter, L. K. Emmons, Assimilation of the 2000-2001 CO MOPITT retrievals with optimized surface emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L20105, doi:10.1029/2004GL021037, 2004. (ONLINE)

2003

Deeter, M.N., et al., Operational carbon monoxide retrieval algorithm and selected results for the MOPITT instrument, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D14), 4399, doi:10.1029/2002JD003186, 2003. (PDF preprint) (HTML on AGU site)

Edwards, D.P., J.-F. Lamarque, J.-L. Attie, L.K. Emmons, A. Richter, J.-P. Cammas, J.C. Gille, G.L. Francis, M.N. Deeter, J. Warner, D.C. Ziskin, L.V. Lyjak, J.R. Drummond, J.P. Burrows, Tropospheric ozone over the tropical Atlantic: A satellite perspective, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D8), 4237, doi:10.1029/2002JD002927, 2003. (PDF) (HTML on AGU site)

Heald, C.L., et al., Asian outflow and trans-Pacific transport of carbon monoxide and ozone pollution: An integrated satellite, aircraft, and model perspective, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D24), 4804, doi:10.1029/2003JD003507, 2003. (AGU site)

Jacob, D. J., J. H. Crawford, M. M. Kleb, V. S. Connors, R. J. Bendura, J. L. Raper, G. W. Sachse, J. C. Gille, L. Emmons, and C. L. Heald, Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) aircraft mission: Design, execution, and first results, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D20), 9000, doi:10.1029/2002JD003276, 2003.

Lamarque, J.-F., et al., Identification of CO plumes from MOPITT data: Application to the August 2000 Idaho-Montana forest fires, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(13), 1688, doi:10.1029/2003GL017503, 2003. (HTML on AGU site)

Lamarque, J-F., and J.C. Gille, Improving the modeling of error variance evolution in the assimilation of chemical species: Application to MOPITT data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(9), 1470, doi:10.1029/2003GL016994, 2003.

2002

Clerbaux, C., J. Hadji-Lazaro, S. Payan, C. Camy-Peyret, J.Wang, D.P. Edwards, and M. Luo, Retrieval of CO from nadir remote-sensing measurements in the infrared by use of four different inversion algorithms, Applied Optics, 41, 7068, 2002. (PDF)

Deeter, M.N., G.L. Francis, D.P. Edwards, J.C. Gille, E. McKernan, and J.R. Drummond, Operational validation of the MOPITT instrument optical filters, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19, 1772, 2002. (PDF)

2001

Warner, Juying X., John C. Gille, David P. Edwards, Dan C. Ziskin, Mark W. Smith, Paul L. Bailey, and Laurie Rokke, Cloud detection and clearing for the Earth Observing System Terra satellite Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) experiment, Applied Optics, 40, 1269-1284, 2001. (PDF)

References

Drummond, J.R., Novel correlation radiometer: the length-modulated radiometer, Appl. Opt., 28, 2451-2452, 1989.

Drummond, J.R., "Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT)" in The Use of EOS for Studies of Atmospheric Physics, North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 1269-1284, 1992.

Drummond, James R. and G.S. Mand, The Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) Instrument: Overall Performance and Calibration Requirements, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13, 314, 1996. (PDF)

Edwards, D.P., genln2: a general line-by-line atmospheric transmittance and radiance model: version 3.0 description and users guide, Rep. NCAR /TN-367 +STR, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., 1992.

Edwards, D.P.,  C.M. Halvorson, and J.C. Gille, Radiative transfer modeling for the EOS Terra satellite Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 16755, 1999. (Jul 27)  (pdf file file size: 56MB)

Pan, Liwen, David P. Edwards, John C. Gille, Mark W. Smith, and James R. Drummond, Satellite remote sensing of tropospheric CO and CH4: Forward model studies of the MOPITT instrument, Applied Optics, 34, 6976, 1995. (PDF)

Pan, Liwen, John C. Gille, David P. Edwards, Paul L. Bailey, and Clive D. Rodgers, Retrieval of tropospheric carbon monoxide for the MOPITT experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 32,277-32,290, 1998. (PDF)

Smith, M.W. and S.R. Shertz, Current plans and status of MOPITT algorithm test radiometer (MATR), in Earth Observing System, W. L. Barnes, ed., Proc. SPIE, 2820, 78-86, 1996.

Wang, Jinxue, John C. Gille, Paul L. Bailey, James R. Drummond, and Liwen Pan, Instrument Sensitivity and Error Analysis for the Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide by MOPITT,  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 465, 1999. (PDF)

Wang, Jinxue, John C. Gille, Paul L. Bailey, Liwen Pan, David Edwards, and James R. Drummond, Retrieval of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide Profiles from High-Resolution Interferometer Observations: A New Digital Gas Correlation (DGC) Method and Applications, J. Atmospheric Sciences, 56, 219, 1999. (PDF)

Wang, Jinxue, John C. Gille, and Von P. Walden, Validation Study of the MOPITT Retrieval Algorithm: Carbon Monoxide Retrieval from IMG Observations during WINCE, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 17, 1285, 2000. (PDF)

Presentations

2004

Edwards, D. P., L. K. Emmons, D. Hauglustaine, A. Chu, J. C. Gille, Y. Kaufman, G. Petron,, L. Yurganov, J. R. Drummond, Observations of carbon monoxide and aerosol from the Terra satellite: Northern hemisphere variability, American Geophysical Union, Montreal, Canada, May 17-21, 2004.(PPT)

Emmons, L.K., et al., Validation of Four Years of MOPITT CO Retrievals with Independent Measurements, AGU Spring Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 17-21, 2004.(PDF)

2003

Deeter, M.N., L.K. Emmons, J.C. Gille, D.P. Edwards, Vertical resolution and information content of MOPITT CO profiles, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2003 (Cite as: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A41E-0730, 2003). (PDF)

Edwards, D.P., Terra observations of tropospheric aerosol and CO from biomass burning, EGS, Nice, France , April 2003 (presentation)

Edwards, D. P., L. K. Emmons, G. Petron, J. C. Gille, D. Hauglustaine, A. Chu, and Yoram Kaufman, Comparing satellite observations of tropospheric aerosol and CO, Workshop on Global Aerosol Measurements for Climate Studies - Present and Future, Paris, France, Sep. 15-18, 2003. (presentation)

2002

Deeter, M., Quantitative Radiance Validation for the MOPITT Instrument, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Toronto, June 24-28, 2002 (poster)

Edwards, D.P., Tropospheric Ozone Over the Tropical Atlantic: The Satellite Perspective, IGAC Conference, Sep 18-25, 2002 (pdf)

Edwards, D.P., Satellite remote sensing of the troposphere: A window on tropical ozone formation, NCAR Seminar, Nov. 2002 (presentation).

Edwards, D.P., Combining MOPITT and other satellite data to study tropospheric transport and ozone chemistry, IWG, Nov 2002 (presentation)

Edwards, D.P., The MOPITT instrument on Terra: Mission and Data Processing Status, SWAMP, Nov 2002 (presentation)

Emmons, L., Validation of MOPITT Retrievals of Carbon Monoxide, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Toronto, June 24-28, 2002 (paper, poster)

Emmons, L., The Distribution of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide Observed by MOPITT, IGAC Conference, Sep 18-25, 2002 (pdf)

Francis, G., Influence of Surface Reflectivity Variability on MOPITT 2.2-2.3µm Channel Radiances and the Retrieval of CO and CH4, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Toronto, June 24-28, 2002 (paper)

pre-2002

Francis, G., Channel Radiance Calculations for MOPITT Forward Modeling and Operational Retrievals, SPIE 44th Annual Meeting, 18-23 July 1999 (paper, slides)

More SPIE 1999 papers at the U. Toronto MOPITT page