TRPSDL2COCRS1FS: Global Carbon Monoxide Vertical Profiles from Satellite

14 vertical levels of carbon monoxide concentration are reported from the surface to 0.1 hPa. This dataset provides daily global measurements from the CrIS instrument on the NOAA-20 satellite, processed using the TROPESS MUSES optimal estimation algorithm. Data files are in netCDF4 format with a spatial resolution of 14 km at nadir.

Use Cases

• Tracking global pollution transport patterns based on daily global carbon monoxide vertical profiles.
• Validating atmospheric chemistry models using the 14-level vertical distribution data.
• Analyzing long-term trends in atmospheric carbon monoxide concentrations from the 2021-present time series.
• Assimilating satellite-derived carbon monoxide state and formal uncertainty into air quality forecasting systems.

Strengths

• Provides a continuous global time series from April 1, 2021, to the present.
• Offers detailed vertical resolution with data reported at 14 distinct pressure levels.
• Includes formal uncertainty estimates for the retrieved atmospheric state.

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is low; specific column names, row counts, and file sizes are not provided on any platform.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' on Data.gov but is 'None' on NASA Earthdata, indicating a potential conflict or missing information.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), TROPESS project, Principal Investigator Kevin W. Bowman.

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing via the CrIS instrument on the JPSS-1 (NOAA-20) satellite, processed with the MUSES optimal estimation algorithm.

Time Range

2021-04-01 to present

Freshness

Last updated on Data.gov: 2026-04-09.

Geography

Global