The IAGOS instrument is installed in the avionic compartment underneath the control cabin on CAL A340-300 passenger plane (as shown in Fig.4). Pink area as shown in Figure 2 are those areas where China Airlines is responsible for collecting the data (covering Pacific and Euro-Asia region), and Figure 3 is animation illustrating the flight routes. Hence helping scientists to reveal the mystery of the climate change. China Airlines is therefore the first airline company in Asia participating in the PGGM project to monitor greenhouse gases and the first to operate an IAGOS-equipped flight for taking atmospheric measurements on trans-Pacific routes. Since 2007, in support of the “Pacific Greenhouse Gases Measurement Project” (PGGM) jointly run by Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), the National Science Council and the National Central University, China Airlines Airbus 340-300 aircraft with the identity number B-18806 has been installed with the IAGOS (In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System) Instrument.
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