MOPITT

Measurement Of Pollution In The Troposphere

Satellite

EOS-Terra

Status

Operational – Utilised in the period 1999 to ~ 2008

Mission

Atmospheric chemistry. Tracked species: CO (profile) and CH4 (total column)

Instrument type

Gas correlation spectrometer; 3 bands, 8 channels. For CO: 4.62 µm (four channels) and 2.33 µm (two channels); for CH4: 2.26 µm (two channels)

Scanning technique

Cross-track, 29 steps for a total swath of 640 km

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 5 days, in daylight

Resolution (s.s.p.)

22 km IFOV

Resources

Mass: 182 kg - Power: 243 W - Data rate: 25 kbps