Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7775-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7775-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
Model experiment description paper
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23 Dec 2021
Model experiment description paper |  | 23 Dec 2021

How well can inverse analyses of high-resolution satellite data resolve heterogeneous methane fluxes? Observing system simulation experiments with the GEOS-Chem adjoint model (v35)

Xueying Yu, Dylan B. Millet, and Daven K. Henze

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We conduct observing system simulation experiments to test how well inverse analyses of high-resolution satellite data from sensors such as TROPOMI can quantify methane emissions. Inversions can improve monthly flux estimates at 25 km even with a spatially biased prior or model transport errors, but results are strongly degraded when both are present. We further evaluate a set of alternate formalisms to overcome limitations of the widely used scale factor approach that arise for missing sources.
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