MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer

Status

Status
Retired
(located at NCAR FL0.)
Operated By
PI

The MOPITT Airborne Test Radiometer (MATR) is a gas correlation filter radiometer that was developed to support and validate the MOPITT satellite program. It is a scaled-down version of the MOPITT instrument that comprises two thermal channels near 4.6 µm for measuring CO and one solar channel near 2.33 µm (or 2.27 µm) for measuring CO (or CH4). Inasmuch as its spatial resolution (1.2 km x 1.2 km) is much higher than that of the MOPITT radiometer (22 km x 22 km), MATR measurements provide an opportunity to look at the horizontal distribution of CO in more detail, which is especially useful for investigating localized pollution sources.

Instrument Type
Measurements
CO,
Aircraft
Point(s) of Contact
(POC; Prev PI)
Range of Measurement
Vertical profile
Instrument Pointing
Nadir (directly downwards)
Measurement Wavelengths
Satellite
EOS/Terra/MOPITT