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Institute of Meteorology and Physics University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Austria

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Project:
Inverse Modelling of Atmospheric Trace Constituents
(A contribution to the subprojects GLOREAM and GENEMIS-2 of EUROTRAC-2)

Staff: Petra Seibert, Helga Kromp-Kolb, Gerhard Wotawa, Andreas Frank

Co-operation:

Andreas Stohl, Bioclimatology and Air Quality Research, Technical University of Munich

Arnold Neumaier, Mathematical Institute, University of Vienna
Michel Jean, Canadian Meteorological Centre (Emergency Response Division)
and others

Summary: (look instead at:)

• Annual Report 1998 (for GLOREAM / EUROTRAC-2)
• Annual Report 1999 (for GLOREAM and GENEMIS-2 in EUROTRAC-2)
  • as pdf-file (164 kB, not with Acrobat Reader Version 1)
  • as .ps.gz-file (198 kB)

See also comments to publications below!

Some related links:

• Informal Workshop on Meteorological Modelling in Support of CTBT Verification Vienna, Austria, 4-6 December 2000
   
• 2nd GLOREAM Workshop (1998, Madrid)
• 3rd GLOREAM Workshop (1999, Ischia)
• 4th GLOREAM Workshop (2000, Cottbus)
• 5th GLOREAM Workshop (2001, Wengen)
• GLOREAM Workshop 2003 (Kön)
• Workshop on Inverse Methods in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, March 16-20, 1998 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• TAMC: Tangent linear and Adjoint Model Compiler (I don't use it but it is an impressing tool!)
• Numerical algorithms for air quality modelling (CWI)
• Homepage of Thomas Kaminski (MPI Hamburg)
• Workshop on Adjoint Applications in Dynamic Meteorology (June 2000, Moliets, France)
• SRNWP Workshop on Mesoscale Variational Assimilation (May 2000, Met Office College, Reading)

Publications:

Seibert, P. (1997) Inverse dispersion modelling based on trajectory-derived source-receptor relationships. In: Gryning, S. E., Chaumerliac, N. (eds.): Air Pollution Modeling and its Application. Proc. of ITM Clermont-Ferrand. New York: Plenum Press, 711-713.

Seibert, P. (1999) Inverse Modelling of Sulfur Emissions in Europe Based on Trajectories. In: Prasad Kasibhatla, Martin Heimann, Peter Rayner, Natalie Mahowald, Ronald G. Prinn, and Dana E. Hartley (editors), Inverse Methods in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 114 (ISBN 0-87590-097-6), p. 147-154. Abstract
Introduction of our inversion method

Seibert, P. and A. Stohl (2000): Inverse modelling of the ETEX-1 release with a Lagrangian particle model. Proceedings of the Third GLOREAM Workshop, Ischia, Italy, September 1999. Download as postscript file glor3.ps or glor3.ps.gz.

Seibert P. (2001): Source Reconstruction for the ETEX-1 Tracer Release with a Lagrangian Dispersion Model. Proceedings of the EUROTRAC Symposium 2000, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, March 2000.

Seibert P. (2001): Inverse modelling with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model: application to point releases over limited time intervals. In: Gryning, S. E., Schiermeier, F.A. (eds.): Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XIV. Proc. of ITM Boulder. New York: Plenum Press, 381-389.
Inverse method applied to ETEX

Seibert, P., Frank, A. (2001): Backward Lagrangian Particle Modelling and Source-Receptor Matrices as a tool in Enviromental Meteorology. D-A-CH Meteorologen-Tagung, September 2001, Wien. pdf, 860 kB

Seibert, P., Frank, A., Kromp-Kolb, H. (2002): Inverse modelling of atmospheric trace substances on the regional scale with Lagrangian models. In: Midgley, P., Reuther, M. (Eds.), EUROTRAC Symposium 2002, 11-15 March 2002, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Transport and Chemical Transformation in the Troposphere. CDROM; Margraf Verlag, Weikersheim; ISBN 3-823-1385-5.
Good overview

Seibert P., Krüger B.C., and Frank A. (2002): Parametrisation of Convective Mixing in a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model. Proceedings of the 5th GLOREAM Workshop, Wengen, Switzerland, September 24-26, 2001. View or download as pdf file

Seibert, Petra (2002): Options for source determination with the CTBT radionuclide network and outlook on uncertainty qualification. Radionuclide Technical Workshop: CTBTO - WMO: The Way Forward. Vienna, Austria, 17 October 2002.

Seibert, Petra and Andreas Frank (2003): Forward and backward mode of the LPDM Flexpart, GLOREAM Workshop 2003. (pdf.gz)

Seibert P. and Frank A. (2004): Source-receptor matrix calculation with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model in backward mode. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 51-63. Link to paper (abstract in html, paper in pdf, link to ACPD discussion)
Detailed theory and explanation of the source-receptor matrix calculation with the LPDM FLEXPART

S. Eckhardt, A. J. Prata, P. Seibert, K. Stebel, and A. Stohl (2008): Estimation of the vertical profile of sulfur dioxide injection into the atmosphere by a volcanic eruption using satellite column measurements and inverse transport modeling. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3881-3897, Link to paper and discussion
Application of inversion method to volcanic SO2 emissions including a-priori and uncertainties

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