chemical source inversion using assimilated constituent observations
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Chemical Source Inversion Using Assimilated Constituent Observations. Andrew Tangborn Global Modeling and Assimilation Office. How are data assimilation and chemical source inversion related?. 1. Underdetermined systems – fewer constraints than unknowns. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chemical Source Inversion Using Assimilated
Constituent Observations
Andrew TangbornGlobal Modeling and Assimilation Office
How are data assimilation and chemical source inversion related?
1. Underdetermined systems – fewer constraints than unknowns.
2. Use Bayesian methods – require error statistics.
3. If errors are normally distributed and unbiased – optimal scheme results in weighted least squares estimate.
How are they different?
1. Different goals: state estimate vs. source estimate.
2. Use different errors: source errors vs. model and State errors.
Example: Kalman Filtering (KF) and Green’s function (GF) Inversion
Inputs chemical tracer observations winds chemical source/sinks Initial state Error estimates
Algorithms
KF: Kalman gain observation operator
ca = cf + K(co – Hcf) observations
analysis
forecast
KF:
Where K = PfHT (R+HPfHT)-1 is a weighted by obs error (R) and forecast error (HPfHT) covariances.
The forecast error covariancePf = MPaMT + Qis evolved in time from analysis error using the
discretized model (winds) M and added model error Q
GF:
Green’s function Inverse of source error cov.
xinv = (GTXG+W)-1 (GTXco+Wz)
Inverse of R obs first guess source
inverted source
G: calculated by running model forward using unit sources at
each grid point.
Differences between KF and GF
KF: Initial condition (analysis) used in
forecast contains earlier observation
information.
GF: Initial condition does not explicitly
contain observation data.
KF: Uses model (wind) and observation errors.
State errors are propagated in time.
GF: Uses source and observation errors.
State errors are never calculated.
Combing KF and GF
• Carry out KF assimilation of tracer observations.• Use both the analysis and analysis error
covariance as the observations and observation error in the GF
co = ca
X = (Pa)-1
• Now X contains information on model errors (including wind errors) and co is spread to all grid
points through assimilation.
Numerical Experimentsadvection diffusion in 2 x 2domain
with constant and random source errors
True Source Model source
Tracer Fields
True field Model solution Analysis field
Source InversionError Standard Deviation
No Assimilation With assimilation
Conclusions
• Data Assimilation can add information to source inversion.
• Improvements likely come through improved and more complete error covariance information and spreading observation information to more grid points.