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They take a combined spectrum....planet + star, then a star only and subtract the star only from the planet + star, leaving you with the planet spectrum. Volcanic emissions from SO2 would show up in the red/IR end of the spectrum of the planet. All the spectra I've mentioned are absorption spectra....light of various wavelengths that are absorbed by the gases present, out of the continuous spectrum of the light given off by the source.
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