The CHRONOS mission: capability for sub-hourly synoptic observations of carbon monoxide and methane to quantify emissions and transport of air pollution

Edwards, David P.; Worden, Helen M.; Neil, Doreen; Francis, Gene; Valle, Tim; Arellano Jr., Avelino F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1061-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1061-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1061-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

Research article

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23 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 23 Feb 2018

The CHRONOS mission: capability for sub-hourly synoptic observations of carbon monoxide and methane to quantify emissions and transport of air pollution

David P. Edwards, Helen M. Worden, Doreen Neil, Gene Francis, Tim Valle, and Avelino F. Arellano Jr.

Data sets

MOPITT/Terra Level 2 CO vertical profiles derived from Near and Thermal Infrared Radiances, version 7 MOPITT Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/MOPITT/MOP02J_L2.007

Short summary

The CHRONOS space mission would provide observations for emissions and transport studies of the highly uncertain air pollutants carbon monoxide and methane, with sub-hourly revisit at fine horizontal spatial resolution across North America. CHRONOS uses an imaging gas filter correlation radiometer hosted in geostationary orbit. CHRONOS' capability for monitoring evolving, or unanticipated, air pollution sources would find societal applications for air quality management and forecasting.