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With reference to NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite, identify the correct statement regarding its capabilities:
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- 1It can monitor nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions at finer spatial scales than other satellite data sets using its Ocean Color Instrument (OCI).✓
- 2It uses its own TROPOMI sensor to provide hourly updates on the movement of nitrogen dioxide plumes across the globe.
- 3It was primarily developed to monitor ground-level ozone directly rather than detecting nitrogen dioxide through spectral fingerprints.
- 4It operates exclusively in the near-infrared spectrum to identify the spectral fingerprint of ocean organisms only.
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It can monitor nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions at finer spatial scales than other satellite data sets using its Ocean Color Instrument (OCI).
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