Regional studies of potential carbon monoxide sources based on space shuttle and aircraft measurements |
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| Authors: | R. E. Newell S. T. Shipley V. S. Connors H. G. Reichle Jr. |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 54-1522, 02139 Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.;(2) ST Systems Corporation, 4400 Forbes Boulevard, 20706 Lanham, MD, U.S.A.;(3) Atmospheric Sciences Division, NASA Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 401A, 23665-5225 Hampton, VA, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Carbon monoxide measurements made from the space shuttle show maxima over South America, central Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and China. The maxima appear to be associated with either concomitant or prior convection in the air masses which carries boundary layer air into the upper troposphere. Previous aircraft measurements of carbon monoxide and ozone over South America are shown to be consistent with this view. In the tropics the three regions of long-term mean rising motion, which form part of the Walker circulation, are associated with elevated carbon monoxide. |
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| Keywords: | Carbon monoxide ozone global pollution biomass burning space shuttle aircraft measurements |
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