Other Names

CO ₂

Definition

Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) is a colorless, odorless, incombustible gas. Its dissolution in seawater is important to understanding the global carbon cycle.
Atmospheric CO ₂ traps infrared radiation and plays major role in the Global warming. It has increased about 25 percent since the early 1800s, with an estimated increase of 10 percent since 1958. Burning fossil fuels is the leading cause of increased CO ₂.

Applications

(1) Climate change	(3) Ocean chemistry
(2) Earth radiation budget	(4) Air-sea gas exchange

GES DISC Datasets

Quick Search for 'Carbon Dioxide' with Mirador
Click on the corresponding 'WHOM access' links in the table below to access products containing specific parameter.

Parameter	Units	Platform /Instrument	Data
			Begin Date	End Date	WHOM Access	Doc
CO2 profile ( at different atmospheric pressure levels), pixel resolution	vmr	Aqua/AIRS	2002-08-30	Current	AIRX2SUP.005	Y
		UARS/HALOE	1991-10-11	2005-11-21	UARHA2FN	Y
CO2 profile ( at different atmospheric pressure levels), global at equal interval of time	vmr	UARS/HALOE	1991-10-11	2005-11-21	UARHA3AT	Y

Other sources for data

1. TIMED/SABER