Evidence of vertical transport of carbon monoxide from Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT)

Jayanta Kar; Holger Bremer; James R. Drummond; Yves J. Rochon; Dylan B.A. Jones; Florian Nichitiu; Jason Zou; Jane Liu; John C. Gille; David P. Edwards; Merritt N. Deeter; Gene Francis; Dan Ziskin; Juying Warner

doi:10.1029/2004GL021128

Evidence of vertical transport of carbon monoxide from Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT)

Jayanta Kar, Holger Bremer, James R. Drummond, Yves J. Rochon, Dylan B.A. Jones, Florian Nichitiu, Jason Zou, Jane Liu, John C. Gille, David P. Edwards, Merritt N. Deeter, Gene Francis, Dan Ziskin, Juying Warner

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Abstract

Vertical profiles of carbon monoxide (CO) mixing ratio retrieved from MOPITT measurements have been analyzed. We find that variations in the vertical structure of CO can be detected in the MOPITT data. The Asian summer monsoon plume in CO is observed for the first time as a strong enhancement of CO in the upper troposphere (UT) over India and southern China indicating the effect of deep convective transport. Similarly, zonal mean height latitude cross-sections for the months of September-December, 2002 indicate deep convective transport of CO from biomass burning in the southern tropics. These findings show that MOPITT CO can provide valuable information on vertical transport phenomena in the troposphere.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021128
State	Published - Dec 16 2004

Keywords

0368 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Troposphere - Constituent transport and chemistry
3360 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Remote sensing
3362 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Stratosphere/troposphere interactions

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Kar, J., Bremer, H., Drummond, J. R., Rochon, Y. J., Jones, D. B. A., Nichitiu, F., Zou, J., Liu, J., Gille, J. C., Edwards, D. P., Deeter, M. N., Francis, G., Ziskin, D., & Warner, J. (2004). Evidence of vertical transport of carbon monoxide from Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT). Geophysical Research Letters, 31(23), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021128

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Evidence of vertical transport of carbon monoxide from Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT)

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