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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5547-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5547-2022
Development and technical paper
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20 Jul 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 20 Jul 2022

Computationally efficient methods for large-scale atmospheric inverse modeling

Taewon Cho, Julianne Chung, Scot M. Miller, and Arvind K. Saibaba

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Atmospheric inverse modeling describes the process of estimating greenhouse gas fluxes or air pollution emissions at the Earth's surface using observations of these gases collected in the atmosphere. The launch of new satellites, the expansion of surface observation networks, and a desire for more detailed maps of surface fluxes have yielded numerous computational and statistical challenges. This article describes computationally efficient methods for large-scale atmospheric inverse modeling.
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