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Measurement of anthropogenic trace gases in the troposphere has become an increasingly difficult problem due to the need for extensive data from large regions Atmospheric models for the study of air pollution are becoming more sophisticated and require large amounts of input data collected over extended volumes of the troposphere. The need for an instrument capable of rapid monitoring the atmosphere in a region is obvious. The work reported in this paper represents the results of efforts to develop an instrument which is capable of remotely measuring gases in the troposphere.
This paper presents one phase of research carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under contracts NAS7–100.
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Shumate, M.S., Grant, W.B., Menzies, R.T. (1983). Remote Measurement of Trace Gases With the JPL Laser Absorption Spectrometer. In: Killinger, D.K., Mooradian, A. (eds) Optical and Laser Remote Sensing. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39552-2_5
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