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Asia under a high-level brown cloud

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Gaseous pollutants such as ozone and carbon monoxide from Asia are lifted to altitudes of more than 10 km during the summer monsoon season. Satellite observations show that aerosol particles, too, can rise high and spread across thousands of kilometres.

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Figure 1: Plume of southern Asian pollution.

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