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 This repository enables a machine learning quickstart on the AQ-Bench dataset.
 
-The AQ-Bench Benchmark dataset is described in Betancourt et al. (manuscript): "AQ-Bench: A Benchmark Dataset for Machine Learning on Global Air Quality Metrics" (link follows)
+The AQ-Bench Benchmark dataset as described in Betancourt et al. (2021): "AQ-Bench: a benchmark dataset for machine learning on global air quality metrics" [https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3013-2021](https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3013-2021).
 
 ## Quickstart