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8 - Data Assimilation and Inverse Modelling of Atmospheric Trace Constituents

from Part II - ‘Fluid’ Earth Applications: From the Surface to the Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2023

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Dylan Jones
Edited by
Alik Ismail-Zadeh ,
Fabio Castelli ,
Dylan Jones  and
Sabrina Sanchez
Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Fabio Castelli
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi, Florence
Dylan Jones
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Sabrina Sanchez
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany
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Abstract: During the past two decades, there have been significant efforts to better quantify emissions of environmentally important trace gases along with their trends. In particular, there has been a clear need for robust estimates of emissions on policy-relevant scales of trace gases that impact air quality and climate. This need has driven the expansion of the observing network to better monitor the changing composition of the atmosphere. This chapter will discuss the use of various data assimilation and inverse modelling approaches to quantify these emissions, with a focus on the use of satellite observations. It will discuss the inverse problem of retrieving the atmospheric trace gas information from the satellite measurements, and the subsequent use of these satellite data for quantifying sources and sinks of the trace gases.

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4D-Varair pollutioncarbon cycleCO2 fluxCH4 fluxKalman filterNOx emissionsremote soundingtropospheric ozone
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Applications of Data Assimilation and Inverse Problems in the Earth Sciences , pp. 131 - 143
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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