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Monthly Carbon Dioxide in Troposphere (AIRS on AQUA)

Published by National Aeronautics and Space Administration | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Metadata Last Checked: August 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-04-23
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an important greenhouse gas released through natural processes such as respiration and volcano eruptions and through huma activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. AIRS is the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder, AIRS, was launched aboard the Aqua Spacecraft in 2002 as part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Afternoon Constellation of satellites known as the ‘A-Train’.

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