Abstract
Physical conditions of molecular gas are key parameters to the formation rate and initial mass function of stars formed in molecular clouds. The ongoing Tokyo-NRO survey has been observing the Galactic CO (J=2–1) emission with a beamsize matched to the Columbia CO (J=1–0) survey. Intensities of the two lines should reflect physical conditions of the CO-emitting gas. An out-of-plane survey of the inner Galaxy which covers from 20° to 60° in galactic longitude and from −1° to +1° in galactic latitude with grid spacings of 0.25° has already been made (Sakamoto et al. 1994). Its coverage is large enough to draw conclusions on global properties of molecular gas in the inner Galaxy.
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