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Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
AIRS Map of Carbon Monoxide Draped on Globe: Time Series from 8/1/2005 to 9/30/2005
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AIRS Map of Carbon Monoxide Draped on Globe

Forest fires and agricultural burning create large amounts of carbon monoxide. AIRS provides daily global maps of carbon monoxide from space, allowing scientists to follow the global transport of this gas day-to-day. In this image sequence, carbon monoxide pollution from agricultural burning blooms repeatedly over the Amazonian basin. The gas is then transported across the Atlantic Ocean. Carbon monoxide pollution from fires in sub-Saharan Africa is also apparent.

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Experiment, with its visible, infrared, and microwave detectors, provides a three-dimensional look at Earth's weather. Working in tandem, the three instruments can make simultaneous observations all the way down to the Earth's surface, even in the presence of heavy clouds. With more than 2,000 channels sensing different regions of the atmosphere, the system creates a global, 3-D map of atmospheric temperature and humidity and provides information on clouds, greenhouse gases, and many other atmospheric phenomena. The AIRS Infrared Sounder Experiment flies onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., under contract to NASA. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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AIRS Map of Carbon Monoxide Draped on Globe: Time Series from 8/1/2005 to 9/30/2005 [ http //photojournal.jpl.n asa.gov/animation/PI A09936 ]
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Image Credit:
NASA/JPL
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Earth Observing System (EOS)
Spacecraft:
Aqua
Target Name:
Earth
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
Product Size:
2500 samples x 1875 lines
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Sun
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Earth Observing System
facet_what:
EOS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_what:
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
facet_what:
AIRS
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Atlantic Ocean
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
8-1-2005
facet_when:
9-30-2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA09936
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA09936
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AIRS Map of Carbon Monoxide Draped on Globe: Time Series from 8/1/2005 to 9/30/2005