A movie showing global CO levels
| The movie above shows the global levels of Carbon Monoxide (CO) in the atmosphere over the year 2000. The blue and green colors represent fairly low levels of CO (blue areas are approximately 50 parts per billion), while high pollution levels are shown by red and brown colors (dark brown regions have CO levels of 390 ppb). The main source of CO pollution in the atmosphere are due to grassland and forest fires, agricultural burning, and industry. Notice that many of the CO plumes are picked up by the prevailing winds and can travel quite far. Clouds of CO produced in Asia can travel all the way across the Pacific Ocean and even over North America. The data used to create this movie was aquired by the Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. |
Credit: Measurements of Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite, NASA
For more info: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20010419page3.html