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Summer Graduate School

Data Assimilation for the Carbon Cycle July 17, 2006 - July 28, 2006
Organizers Inez Fung (University of California, Berkeley)
Speaker(s) David Baker, David Baker, Chris Barnet, Scott Doney, Ian Enting, Inez Fung, Eugenia Kalnay, Prasad Kasibhatla, Anna Michalak, Charles Miller, Douglas Nychka, David Schimel, Richard Sherman
Description See below for a program for the workshop. Download the workshop announcement PDF file for printing.
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

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