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Volz-Thomas, A., J.-P. Cammas, C. A. Brenninkmeijer, T. Machida, O. R. Cooper, C. Sweeney and A. Waibel, (2009), Civil Aviation Monitors Air Quality and Climate, EM Magazine, , 16-19,

Abstract

Vertical profiles of trace gases in the troposphere are paramount for monitoring and predicting changes in air quality on local, regional, and global scales. These data are necessary to calibrate the global chemical transport models that assess the influence of long-range and hemispheric transport of pollutants on local background concentrations or their contribution to the violation of air quality standards.