Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere

Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) was launched into sun-synchronous polar orbit on December 18, 1999, aboard TERRA, a NASA satellite orbiting 705 km above the Earth. MOPITT monitors changes in pollution patterns and the effects on Earth’s troposphere. MOPITT uses near-infrared radiation at 2.3 µm and thermal-infrared radiation at 4.7 µm to calculate atmospheric profiles of CO.

热带对流层污染测量（MOPITT）于1999年12月18日搭载于NASA的TERRA卫星，该卫星在距离地球705公里的太阳同步极地轨道上发射。MOPITT负责监测污染模式的演变及其对地球对流层的影响。该设备利用2.3微米的近红外辐射和4.7微米的红外热辐射来计算大气中CO的垂直分布情况。