Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) observations of carbon monoxide (CO) data from March to December 2000 are used to study profiles of CO over five urban/industrial regions in the northern and southern hemisphere. The five cities/regions vary in population size, population dens... Show moreMeasurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) observations of carbon monoxide (CO) data from March to December 2000 are used to study profiles of CO over five urban/industrial regions in the northern and southern hemisphere. The five cities/regions vary in population size, population density and industrial output. We examine the retrieved profiles of CO using a time series produced by assimilation as a guide to find the days where high concentrations of CO were observed. This study examines the ability of MOPITT to track the emissions of CO that are produced by the five cities/regions of different source strengths. The study shows how there is interference of CO emissions produced from fires and sources over cities/industrial regions. The focus is on the transport of CO, and how it affects the global distribution of CO. Three cases are examined in detail. In the Sao Paulo case by showing maps over the city and global maps I explain how the CO emissions detected are a combination of local emissions as well as emissions produced from biomass burning from the Amazon and Africa. The Mauna Loa, Shanghai, and Los Angeles cases show how the transport of CO has become a problem in global distribution. The Bangalore case shows how large amounts of CO are produced over India, and possibly some interference of CO coming from the biomass burning occurring in Africa. Show less
