Simultaneous model calibration and source inversion in atmospheric dispersion models

06/14/2018
by   Juan G. Garcia, et al.
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We present a cost-effective method for model calibration and solution of source inversion problems in atmospheric dispersion modelling. We use Gaussian process emulations of atmospheric dispersion models within a Bayesian framework for solution of inverse problems. The model and source parameters are treated as unknowns and we obtain point estimates and approximation of uncertainties for sources while simultaneously calibrating the forward model. The method is validated in the context of an industrial case study involving emissions from a smelting operation for which cumulative monthly measurements of zinc particulate depositions are available.

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