«Using satellite - based remote -
sensing equipment can allow scientists, and therefore policymakers, to determine with accuracy whether carbon
dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide, and
nitrogen oxides detected in the vicinity are truly from the plant, or from other sources,» said Rodica Lindenmaier, postdoctoral research associate and first author of the paper.
Alexandrov, M.D., A.A. Lacis, M.E. Carlson, and B. Cairns, 1999: Remote
sensing of atmospheric aerosols,
nitrogen dioxide, and ozone by means of the Multifilter Rotating Shadow - band Radiometer.