Principles of constrained inversion in the calibration of carbon cycle models

I. G. Enting

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v37i1.14987

Principles of constrained inversion in the calibration of carbon cycle models

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 37 (1985): Issue 1

By: I. G. Enting

Open Access

|Jan 1985

Abstract

The calibration of carbon cycle models by using techniques of constrained inversion is described. These techniques provide a systematic means of assessing the uncertainties in the calibration. The specific calibration technique is analysed in terms of the requirements of carbon cycle studies, and the relation to other constrained inversion formalisms is discussed. As an example of the technique, a linearized version of the box-diffusion model is calibrated.

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