Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 11, issue 12
Articles | Volume 11, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5135-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5135-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 12
Development and technical paper
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14 Dec 2018
Development and technical paper |  | 14 Dec 2018

Weak-constraint inverse modeling using HYSPLIT-4 Lagrangian dispersion model and Cross-Appalachian Tracer Experiment (CAPTEX) observations – effect of including model uncertainties on source term estimation

Tianfeng Chai, Ariel Stein, and Fong Ngan

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While model predictions depend on release parameters, model uncertainties in inverse modeling should also vary with the source terms. In this paper, model uncertainties that will change with the source terms are introduced in a weak-constraint inverse modeling system. Tests using HYSPLIT model and CAPTEX observations show that adding such model uncertainty terms improves release rate estimates. A cost function normalization scheme introduced to avoid spurious solutions proves to be effective.
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