Environment / Geospatial / Air Quality / Disaster Monitoring / Climate

Carbon Monoxide (CO) Concentration

This dataset provides near real-time high-resolution imagery of CO concentrations. Geospatially derived carbon monoxide (CO) concentration is a measure of the amount of carbon monoxide, a toxic gas, in the atmosphere at a given location. This concentration is typically determined using satellite-based sensors, which can detect the presence of CO in the atmosphere. Carbon monoxide is a harmful air pollutant that can have negative impacts on human health and the environment. The concentration of CO in the atmosphere can be represented as a map or spatial dataset using geographic information systems (GIS) technology, and can be used to monitor and manage air pollution. Main sources of CO are combustion of fossil fuels, biomass burning, and atmospheric oxidation of methane and other hydrocarbons. Whereas fossil fuel combustion is the main source of CO at northern mid-latitudes, the oxidation of isoprene and biomass burning play an important role in the tropics.