Bayesian inference and Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling to reconstruct a contaminant source on a continental scale

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2600-2613

  Monache, Luca Delle ^a   Lundquist, Julie K ^a   Kosoví, Branko ^a   Johannesson, Gardar ^a   Dyer, Kathleen M ^a   Aines, Roger D ^a   Chow, Fotini K ^b   Belles, Rich D ^a   Hanley, William G ^a   Larsen, Shawn C ^a   Loosmore, Gwen A ^a   Nitao, John J ^a   Sugiyama, Gayle A ^a   Vogt, Philip J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFERENCE ENGINES; LOCATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; SPACE RESEARCH; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE PROCEDURES; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN INFERENCES; COMPUTATIONAL POWERS; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTINENTAL SCALES; DO-MAINS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; EMERGENCY RESPONSES; INVERSION RESULTS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAINS; MCMC ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO; PARALLEL CLUSTERS; RADIOACTIVE RELEASES; RAPID GROWTHS; RELEASE TIMES; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SIMULATION SETUPS; SOURCE GEOMETRIES; SOURCE LOCATIONS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SOURCE STRENGTHS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPANISHS; STOCHASTIC ALGORITHMS; UNKNOWN SOURCE PARAMETERS; UPPER ENDS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ALGECIRAS; ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 57749176433     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1766.1     Document Type: Article

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