TWO MAJOR CHALLENGES CURRENTLY HAMPER ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND VOLCANOLOGY: ACCURATE ATMOSPHERIC GAS COMPOSITION RETRIEVALS ARE OBSCURED BY AEROSOL EFFECTS AND PHYSICAL MODELS OF SUBSURFACE VOLCANIC PROCESSES ARE CRITICALLY UNCONSTRAINED FOR GAS COMPOSITIONS. BY TEAMING UP INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERTISE THAT ADDRESS THESE SHORTCOMINGS WE PROPOSE TO ENABLE SPACEBORNE GAS FLUXES AND GAS RATIO MEASUREMENTS (CO2 AND SO2) IN VOLCANIC PLUMES BY DEVELOPING AEROSOL EFFECT CHARACTERIZATION JOINT GAS RETRIEVALS INVERSE PLUME RECONSTRUCTION TARGETED VALIDATION AND MODELING.
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