Ground-based and air-borne data are sustained and analyzed, complementary with satellite observations, in order to quantify and understand the ongoing changes of the atmospheric composition.
Third GEOmon General Assembly
London, 18-20th January 2010
Presentations and Posters
Photos
Cabauw Intercomparison Campaign of Nitrogen Dioxide measuring Instruments
A CEOS, GEOMON, ACCENT-AT2 and NDACC initiative
Cabauw, The Netherlands, June-July 2009
Official website: http://www.knmi.nl/samenw/cindi/index.php
Descriptions of the GEOmon project
Commentary in Nature by Euan Nisbet
"Earth monitoring: Cinderella science"
On-the-ground monitoring is unglamorous work, seldom rewarded by funding agencies or the science community. But we neglect it at our peril, warns Euan Nisbet.
A Lufthansa passenger aircraft carries the CARIBIC container to various destinations to perform monthly measurements on long-distance flights. Measurements of aerosols and various trace gases are performed during the project CARIBIC (Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the Atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container).
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