AIRS Data - Carbon Dioxide Seasonal Variation and Increase, 2002-2008

This visualization is a time-series of the global distribution and variation of the concentration of mid-tropospheric carbon dioxide observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on the NASA Aqua spacecraft. For comparison, it is overlain by a graph of the seasonal variation and interannual increase of carbon dioxide observed at the Mauna Loa, Hawaii observatory.

Created by Goddard Science Visualization Studio with data from AIRS, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder. More detailed caption at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003500/a003562/index.html

Visit the AIRS web site at: http://airs.jpl.nasa.gov

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• CO2
• carbon
• dioxide
• climate
• change
• global
• warming
• AIRS

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The new data.... measure the concentration and distribution of carbon dioxide in the mid-troposphere--the region of Earth's atmosphere that is located between 5 to 12 kilometers, or 3 to 7 miles, above Earth's surface. They also track its global transport. The product represents the first-ever release of global carbon dioxide data that are based solely on observations. The data have been extensively validated against both aircraft and ground-based observations.

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