Atmospheric trace species

Credit by JAXA

“Atmospheric trace species” is the component which mixing ratio is less than 1%, like O3, CO2, CH4 etc. Despite of their small amount, they affect a lot to temperature and circulation of the atmosphere. It also affects human health in the case of air pollution by NOx etc. We have observed the variation of these species mainly by spectroscopic methods such as FTIR and high-altitude balloon observations.