Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT)

The MOPITT Mission

MOPITT is an instrument flying on NASA's EOS Terra spacecraft, measuring tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO) on the global scale. MOPITT measurements enable scientists to analyze the distribution, transport, sources and sinks of CO, a trace gas produced by methane oxidation, fossil fuel consumption and biomass burning. MOPITT has been operational since March 2000.

Quick Access to Data

The fully-validated MOPITT Version 4 product is now available (see News). Plots have been made of the CO retrievals for each day and monthly averages. The Version 4 Level 2 data have been gridded at 1 degree horizontal resolution. Plots will be added as V4 data is processed. See the News page for dates of, and reasons for, missing data.