Other Names

CO

Definition

Carbon Monoxide (CO), a poisonous, odorless and colorless gas, is produced by incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass burning.
It is a strong greenhouse gas and contributes to global warming. It is one of the longest-lived, naturally occurring atmospheric carbon compounds. In the atmosphere CO is produced when Methane reacts with atmospheric hydroxyl(OH) in the troposphere. The recent change in tropospheric CO content may portend a change in the balance between oxidants and reductants in the atmosphere.

Applications

(1) Atmospheric Chemistry Models	(5) Tracer of Air Motions
(2) Air Quality	(6) stratosphere-troposphere exchange
(3) Monitoring of Biomass Burning	(7) Climate Change
(4) Health and Environment

GES DISC Datasets

Quick Search for 'Carbon Monoxide' 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
Profile of Carbon monoxide (CO), mixing ratios at different pressure levels (ground pixel resolution)	mixing ratio	Aura/MLS	2004-08-08	Current	ML2CO.002	Y
		Aqua/AIRS	2002-08-30	Current	AIRH2SUP.005	Y
					AIRL2.005	Y
Carbon Monoxide Column Density (globally gridded, daily/weekly/monthly averages)	molecules/cm2	Aqua/AIRS	2002-08-30	Current	AIRL3.005	Y
Carbon Monoxide Profile (global gridded, at equal intervals of latitude/or equal intervals of time)	mixing ratio	UARS/ISAMS	1991-09-26	1992-07-29	UARIS3AT	Y
					UARIS3AL	Y
		Aqua/AIRS	2002-08-30	Current	AIRL3.005	Y

Other sources for data

1. Aura/TES 2. MOPITT 3. Sciamachy