Mathematical Sciences Research Institute - Data Assimilation for the Carbon Cycle

Tentative Schedule

First week: Background Material

July 17
8:30-10:00 Inez Fung: The Carbon Cycle
10:30-12:00 Eugenia Kalnay: Introduction to Data Assimilation
1:00-2:30 Doug Nytchka: The likelihood and Bayesian statistics
3:00-5:00 Exercises

July 18
8:30-10:00 Inez Fung: Atmospheric circulation and transport
10:30-12:00 Eugenia Kalnay: Least squares; multi-variate statistical data assimilation
1:00-2:30 Doug Nytchka: The Kalman filter and Variational Methods
3:00-5:00 Exercises

July 19
8:30-10:00 Inez Fung: Carbon source/sink
10:30-12:00 Eugenia Kalnay: 3D-Var, OI and PSAS
1:00-2:30 Doug Nytchka: Engineering Ensemble Kalman Filter
3:00-5:00 Exercises

July 20
8:30-10:00 Scott Doney: Atmosphere, land and ocean observations
10:30-12:00 Eugenia Kalnay: 4D-Var and the Ensemble Kalman Filter
1:00-2:30 Exercises
3:00-5:00 Doug Nytchka: Smoothers and solving inverse problems

July 21
8:30-10:00 Chip Miller: OCO
10:30-12:00 Eugenia Kalnay: Comparison of 4D-Var and different Kalman filters
1:00-2:30 Doug Nytchka: Estimating parameters and using DART
3:00-5:00 Exercises

Second Week: Introduction to Carbon Data Assimilation

July 24
8:30-10:00 David Baker: 4D Var for CO2 source/sinks
10:30-12:00 David Baker: Ensemble Kalman Filter for CO2 source/sink estimation
1:00-2:30 Anna Michalak: Geostatistics - Principles of spatial analysis
3:00-5:00 Exercises

July 25
8:30-10:00 Ian Enting, Anna Michalak: CO2 Source/Sink inversion – history, computational requirements
10:30-12:00 Ian Enting: Statistics of Inversions
1:00-2:30 Anna Michalak: Statistics of analyzing inversion results
3:00-5:00 Exercises

July 26
8:30-10:00 Chris Barnet: Operational data assimilation of atm trace gases
10:30-12:00 David Schimel: Assimilating model parameters
1:00-2:30 Ian Enting: Automatic differentiation
3:00-5:00 Exercises

July 27
8:30-10:00 Prasad Kasibhatla: Role of chemistry in CO2 inversion
10:30-12:00 Prasad Kasibhatla: Error, noise, correlated errors
1:00-2:30 TBD
3:00-5:00 Exercises

July 28
8:30-10:00 Student Presentations
10:30-12:00 Student Presentations
1:00-2:30 Student Presentations

Currently Available Videos

Inez Fung , Carbon Cycle July 17,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Eugenia Kalnay , Introduction to Data Assimilation July 17,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Douglas Nychka , The Likehood, Bayesian Statistics and Spatial Data July 17,2006, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Inez Fung , Atmospheric Circulation and Transport July 18,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Eugenia Kalnay , Introduction to Least Squares; Multi-variate Statistical Data Assimilation July 18,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Douglas Nychka , Bayes, the Kalman Filter and Variational Methods July 18,2006, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Inez Fung , Carbon Source/Sink July 19,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Eugenia Kalnay , 3D-Var, OI and PSAS July 19,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Douglas Nychka , Engineering the Ensemble Kalman Filter July 19,2006, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Scott Doney , Atmosphere, Land and Ocean Observations July 20,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Eugenia Kalnay , 4D-Var and Ensemble Kalman Filter July 20,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Douglas Nychka , Smoothers and the Solving Inverse Problems July 20,2006, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Charles Miller , OCO July 21,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Douglas Nychka , Estimating Parameters and using DART July 21,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Eugenia Kalnay , Comparison of 4D-Var, and DifferentTypes of Ensemble Kalman Filter July 21,2006, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
David Baker , 4D Var for CO2 source/sink July 24,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
David Baker , Ensemble Kalman Filter for CO2 Source/Sink Estimation July 24,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Anna Michalak , Geostatistics-Principles of Spatial Analysis July 24,2006, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Ian Enting, Anna Michalak , CO2 Source/Sink Inversion-HIstory, Computational Requirements July 25,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Ian Enting, Anna Michalak , CO2 Source/Sink Inversion-HIstory, Computational Requirements July 25,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Ian Enting , Statistics of Inversions July 25,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Anna Michalak , Statistics of Analyzing Inversion Results July 25,2006, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Chris Barnet , Operational Data Assimilation of Atmoshphere Trace Gases from AIRS, IASI,CrIS July 26,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
David Schimel , Assimilating Model Parameters July 26,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Ian Enting , Automatic Differentiation July 26,2006, 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Chris Barnet , Validation of Satellite Retrievals July 27,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Richard Sherman , Carbon Observations in the Forbidding Ocean July 27,2006, 03:00 PM to 05:00 PM
, Student Presentations: Application to Carbon Data Assimilation July 28,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
, Student Presentations: Application to Carbon Data Assimilation July 28,2006, 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
, Student Presentations: Application to Carbon Data Assimilation July 28,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
, Student Presentations: Application to Carbon Data Assimilation July 28,2006, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

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