Inverse Problems in Atmospheric Constituent TransportThe critical role of trace gases in global atmospheric change makes an improved understanding of these gases imperative. Measurements of the distributions of these gases in space and time provide important information, but the interpretation of this information often involves ill-conditioned model inversions. A variety of techniques have therefore been developed to analyze these problems. Inverse Problems in Atmospheric Constituent Transport is the first book to give comprehensive coverage of work on this topic. The trace gas inversion problem is presented in general terms and the various different approaches are unified by treating the inversion problem as one of statistical estimation. Later chapters demonstrate the application of these methods to studies of carbon dioxide, methane, halocarbons and other gases implicated in global climate change. This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers embarking upon studies of global atmospheric change, biogeochemical cycles and Earth systems science. |
Contents
Part B Recent applications | 231 |
Appendix A Notation | 314 |
Appendix B Numerical data | 321 |
Appendix C Abbreviations and acronyms | 324 |
Appendix D Glossary | 327 |
Appendix E Datasource acknowledgements | 334 |
Solutions to exercises | 336 |
References | 352 |
Index | 389 |
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adjoint advection analysis anthropogenic applications approach atmospheric CO2 atmospheric transport autocovariance average Bayesian estimation Biogeochemical Cycles boundary conditions budget Cape Grim carbon cycle changes Chapter characterised Climate concentration of CO2 constraints covariance matrix CSIRO deconvolution defined denoted described deterministic differential diffusion discretisation distribution earth-system emissions Enting equations Figure fitting formalism function Geophys Geophysical Global Biogeochemical Cycles Green function Green-function halocarbons Heimann ill-conditioned integrated inverse problems inversion calculations IPCC isotopic Kalman filter Kalman-filter Kyoto Protocol least-squares linear mass-balance inversions mathematical mean measurements methane model error non-linear normalisation observations ocean ozone parameters Pinferred Prinn prior Ptheory radiative Radiative Forcing ratio Rayner regional relation represent representation sampling scales Section singular-value decomposition solution spatial specified state-space statistical model stratosphere studies surface synthesis inversion techniques terrestrial time-scales trace-gas tracer inversions transport model troposphere uncertainty values variability variance variation vector