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Prof

Peter Rayner

Director: Nesp Hub - Clean Air & Urban Landscapes
Carbon cycle
Remote Sensing
science & technology
physical sciences
meteorology & atmospheric sciences
environmental sciences & ecology
life sciences & biomedicine
environmental sciences
geology
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Prof

Peter Rayner

 
Division
Science
 
Primary Interest
Atmospheric Composition
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Prof

Peter Rayner

 

Prof Rayner's main research activities focus on the estimation of surface sources and sinks of CO2.
He uses satellite and in-situ measurements with models to quantify and understand the patterns and mechanisms of CO2 release and uptake with a focus on the tropics and Southern Hemisphere.
In 2002, Prof Rayner was awarded the Priestley Medal of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, the major research award in this field within Australia.


Prof Rayner originally studied theoretical physics and mathematics at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he completed a PhD in paleoclimate in1991.
After a brief foray into atmospheric dynamics he has spent the past two decades studying the carbon cycle at various scales and its interaction with the climate. He has concentrated on the application of statistical inference (going under various names such as inverse modeling or data assimilation) to problems in biogeochemistry.
Prof Rayner has also worked at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Princeton University in the US, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation. Monash University in Australia and the Laboratory for the Science of Climate and the Environment in France. He currently holds an Australian Professorial Fellowship at the University of Melbourne.

Projects

Displaying the 27 most recent projects by Peter Rayner.

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Consultancy Agreement With Inversion Lab (Lex32255)

2019 - 2019
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Prof Peter Rayner To Engage Denis O'Brien For The Project Entitled 'Geocarb Variational Assimilation System' Funded By Uni Oklahoma (Tp706570)

2018 - 2018
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Geocarb Variational Assimilation System

2018 - 2018
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How Productive Is The Earth: Combining New Measures Of Photosynthesis

2017 - 2018
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An Atmospheric Assurance System For The Gippsland Near-Shore Environment

2017 - 2019
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Subcontract Agreement With University Of Wollongong For The Project 'Gipnet Asset #5 - Atmospheric Monitoring Network'

2017 - 2018
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Improving Carbon Cycle Models Across Scales Utilizing Oco-2 Total Column Carbon Dioxide And Solar Induced Fluorescence

2015 - 2018
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Atmospheric Integrated Research On Burdens And Oxidative Capacity

No single player in the Australian research community can make a large suite of atmospheric composition measurements, while the combined cap..

2015 - 2016
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Atmospheric Integrated Research On Burdens And Oxidative Capacity

No single player in the Australian research community can make a large suite of atmospheric composition measurements, while the combined cap..

2015 - 2016
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Atmospheric Integrated Research On Burdens And Oxidative Capacity - Non-Arc Contributions

No single player in the Australian research community can make a large suite of atmospheric composition measurements, while the combined cap..

2015 - 2016
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National Environmental Science Programme (Nesp) Clear Air And Urban Landscapes (Caul) Hub

2014 - 2021
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National Environmental Science Programme (Nesp) Clear Air And Urban Landscapes (Caul) Hub (Internal Funds)

2014 - 2021
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National Environmental Science Programme (Nesp) Clear Air And Urban Landscapes (Caul) Hub

2014 - 2021
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Ccsnet Research Infrastructure Project Carbon Capture And Storage Flagship Program - Education Investment Fund Project

2014 - 2020
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Ccsnet Research Infrastructure Project Carbon Capture And Storage Flagship Program - Education Investment Fund Project

2014 - 2020
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Determining The Atmospheric Oxidative Capacity Over The Southern And Antarctic Oceans

2014 - 2017
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Geostationary Observations For Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Gorge)

Using satellite measurements it is possible to pinpoint emissions of greenhouse gases. This project (GORGE) will map these emissions through..

2014 - 2017
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Geostationary Observations For Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Gorge)

Using satellite measurements it is possible to pinpoint emissions of greenhouse gases. This project (GORGE) will map these emissions through..

2014 - 2017
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions In The Latrobe Valley

2014 - 2017
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Assimilating Gosat Co2 Into A Combined Weather/Climate Model

2014 - 2015
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The Productivity Of The Terrestrial Biosphere Inferred From Satellite And Atmospheric Data

2014 - 2016
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Ascends Mission Formulation

2013 - 2014
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Background Paper On Gas Modelling For Csg Activities

2013 - 2013
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A Global High-Resolution Fossil Fuel Co2 Investory Built Assimilation Of In Situ And Remotely-Sensed Datasets To Advance Satellite Greenhouse Gas Decision Support Systems

2011 - 2015
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The Australian Space Research Program - Greenhouse Gas Monitor Program

2011 - 2013
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Measuring Atmospheric Co2 From Satellite In The Presence Of Clouds

2010
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Assimilation Of Trace Atmospheric Constituents For Climate (Atacc): Linking Chemical Weather And Climate

Changes in atmospheric ozone and carbon dioxide affect many aspects of surface climate from changes in ultraviolet radiation (ozone) to long..

2010 - 2016
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15

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8

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4

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 197 most recent scholarly works by Peter Rayner.

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A Road Map for Improving the Treatment of Uncertainties in High-Resolution Regional Carbon Flux Inverse Estimates

Sha Feng, Thomas Lauvaux, Klaus Keller, Kenneth J Davis, Peter Rayner, Tomohiro Oda, Kevin R Gurney

Journal article  |  2019  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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Fundamentals of data assimilation applied to biogeochemistry

Peter J Rayner, Anna M Michalak, Frederic Chevallier

Journal article  |  2019  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Abstract. This article lays out the fundamentals of data assimilation as used in biogeochemistry. It demonstrates that all of the ..

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Estimating global gross primary productivity using chlorophyll fluorescence and a data assimilation system with the BETHY-SCOPE model

Alexander J Norton, Peter J Rayner, Ernest N Koffi, Marko Scholze, Jeremy D Silver, Ying-Ping Wang

Journal article  |  2019  |  Biogeosciences

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An atmospheric inversion over the city of Cape Town: sensitivity analyses

Alecia Nickless, Peter J Rayner, Robert J Scholes, Francois Engelbrecht, Birgit Erni

Journal article  |  2019  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Response to comments/reviews

Peter Rayner

Journal article  |  2019

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Greenhouse Gas Concentration and Volcanic Eruptions Controlled the Variability of Terrestrial Carbon Uptake Over the Last Millennium

Xuanze Zhang, Shushi Peng, Philippe Ciais, Ying-Ping Wang, Jeremy D Silver, Shilong Piao, Peter J Rayner

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

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Hot Summers: Effect of Extreme Temperatures on Ozone in Sydney, Australia

Steven R Utembe, Peter J Rayner, Jeremy D Silver, Elise-Andree Guerette, Jenny A Fisher, Kathryn M Emmerson, Martin Cope, Clare Paton-Walsh, Alan D Griffiths, Hiep Duc, Khalia Monk, Yvonne Scorgie

Journal article  |  2018  |  Atmosphere

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The Potential of the Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCarb) to Provide Multi-scale Constraints on the Carbon Cycle in the Americas

Berrien Moore, Sean MR Crowell, Peter J Rayner, Jack Kumer, Christopher W O'Dell, Denis O'Brien, Steven Utembe, Igor Polonsky, David Schimel, James Lemen

Journal article  |  2018  |  Frontiers in Environmental Science

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Dominant regions and drivers of the variability of the global land carbon sink across timescales

Xuanze Zhang, Ying-Ping Wang, Shushi Peng, Peter J Rayner, Philippe Ciais, Jeremy D Silver, Shilong Piao, Zaichun Zhu, Xingjie Lu, Xiaogu Zheng

Journal article  |  2018  |  Global Change Biology

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Comparison of the genetic algorithm and incremental optimisation routines for a Bayesian inverse modelling based network design

A Nickless, PJ Rayner, B Erni, RJ Scholes

Journal article  |  2018  |  Inverse Problems

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Assimilating solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence into the terrestrial biosphere model BETHY-SCOPE v1.0: model description and information content

Alexander J Norton, Peter J Rayner, Ernest N Koffi, Marko Scholze

Journal article  |  2018  |  GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT

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Estimates of CO2 fluxes over the city of Cape Town, South Africa, through Bayesian inverse modelling

Alecia Nickless, Peter J Rayner, Francois Engelbrecht, Ernst-Gunther Brunke, Birgit Erni, Robert J Scholes

Journal article  |  2018  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Submission to Victorian State Government in response to “Clean Air for All Victorians’ Victoria’s Air Quality Statement

Sonya Fiddes, R Schofield, Jeremy Silver, Peter Rayner, Clare Murphy (Paton-Walsh), Michael Brear, C Manzie, Clare Walter, Louis Irving, Faye Johnston, Michael Abramson, Jane Heyworth, Shyamali Dharmage

Report  |  2018

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Reviews and syntheses: guiding the evolution of the observing system for the carbon cycle through quantitative network design

Thomas Kaminski, Peter Julian Rayner

Journal article  |  2017  |  Biogeosciences

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Causal knowledge promotes behavioral self-regulation: An example using climate change dynamics

David K Sewell, Peter J Rayner, Daniel B Shank, Sophie Guy, Simon D Lilburn, Saam Saber, Yoshihisa Kashima

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLOS ONE

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Historical greenhouse gas concentrations for climate modelling (CMIP6)

Malte Meinshausen, Elisabeth Vogel, Alexander Nauels, Katja Lorbacher, Nicolai Meinshausen, David M Etheridge, Paul J Fraser, Stephen A Montzka, Peter J Rayner, Cathy M Trudinger, Paul B Krummel, Urs Beyerle, Josep G Canadell, John S Daniel, Ian G Enting, Rachel M Law, Chris R Lunder, Simon O'Doherty, Ron G Prinn, Stefan Reimann, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  Geoscientific Model Development

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GipNet - Baseline environmental data gathering and measurement technology validation for nearshore marine Carbon Storage

Nick Hoffman, Nick Hardman-Mountford, Charles Jenkins, Peter J Rayner, Gary Gibson, Mike Sandiford

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Energy Procedia

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Potential of a geostationary GeoCARB mission to estimate surface emissions of CO2, CH4 and CO in a polluted urban environment

DM O’Briena, IN Polonsky, SR Utembe, PJ Rayner, AJ Clarke

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC

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Atmospheric abundance and global emissions of perfluorocarbons CF4, C2F6 and C3F8 since 1800 inferred from ice core, firn, air archive and in situ measurements

Cathy M Trudinger, Paul J Fraser, David M Etheridge, William T Sturges, Martin K Vollmer, Matt Rigby, Patricia Martinerie, Jens Muhle, David R Worton, Paul B Krummel, L Paul Steele, Benjamin R Miller, Johannes Laube, Francis S Mani, Peter J Rayner, Christina M Harth, Emmanuel Witrant, Thomas Blunier, Jakob Schwander, Simon O'Doherty, et al.

Journal article  |  2016  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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A new stepwise carbon cycle data assimilation system using multiple data streams to constrain the simulated land surface carbon cycle

Philippe Peylin, Cedric Bacour, Natasha MacBean, Sebastien Leonard, Peter Rayner, Sylvain Kuppel, Ernest Koffi, Abdou Kane, Fabienne Maignan, Frederic Chevallier, Philippe Ciais, Pascal Prunet

Journal article  |  2016  |  Geoscientific Model Development

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Potential of a geostationary geoCARB mission to estimate surface emissions of CO2, CH4 and CO in a polluted urban environment: case study Shanghai

Denis M O'Brien, Igor N Polonsky, Steven R Utembe, Peter J Rayner

Journal article  |  2016  |  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

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Multi-species chemical data assimilation with the Danish Eulerian hemispheric model: system description and verification

Jeremy D Silver, Jesper H Christensen, Michael Kahnert, Lennart Robertson, Peter J Rayner, Jorgen Brandt

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

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Low atmospheric CO2 levels during the Little Ice Age due to cooling-induced terrestrial uptake

M Rubino, DM Etheridge, CM Trudinger, CE Allison, PJ Rayner, I Enting, R Mulvaney, LP Steele, RL Langenfelds, WT Sturges, MAJ Curran, AM Smith

Journal article  |  2016  |  Nature Geoscience

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How do carbon cycle uncertainties affect IPCC temperature projections?

Roger W Bodman, Peter J Rayner, Roger N Jones

Journal article  |  2016  |  Atmospheric Science Letters

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Linear and nonlinear effects of dominant drivers on the trends in global and regional land carbon uptake: 1959 to 2013

Xuanze Zhang, Peter J Rayner, Ying-Ping Wang, Jeremy D Silver, Xingjie Lu, Bernard Pak, Xiaogu Zheng

Journal article  |  2016  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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Optimising the deployment of renewable resources for the Australian NEM (National Electricity Market) and the effect of atmospheric length scales

Robert Huva, Roger Dargaville, Peter Rayner

Journal article  |  2016  |  Energy

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Designing optimal greenhouse gas monitoring networks for Australia

T Ziehn, RM Law, PJ Rayner, G Roff

Journal article  |  2016  |  Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems

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Can we detect regional methane anomalies? A comparison between three observing systems

Cindy Cressot, Isabelle Pison, Peter J Rayner, Philippe Bousquet, Audrey Fortems-Cheiney, Frederic Chevallier

Journal article  |  2016  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Sensitivity of simulated CO2 concentration to sub-annual variations in fossil fuel CO2 emissions

Xia Zhang, Kevin R Gurney, Peter Rayner, David Baker, Yu-ping Liu

Journal article  |  2016  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Joint assimilation of eddy covariance flux measurements and FAPAR products over temperate forests within a process-oriented biosphere model

C Bacour, P Peylin, N MacBean, PJ Rayner, F Delage, F Chevallier, M Weiss, J Demarty, D Santaren, F Baret, D Berveiller, E Dufrene, P Prunet

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

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The impact of filtering self-organizing maps: a case study with Australian pressure and rainfall

Robert Huva, Roger Dargaville, Peter Rayner

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Climatology

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Recent changes in the global and regional carbon cycle: analysis of first-order diagnostics

PJ Rayner, A Stavert, M Scholze, A Ahlstrom, CE Allison, RM Law

Journal article  |  2015  |  Biogeosciences

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Influential Synoptic Weather Types for a Future Renewable Energy Dependent National Electricity Market

Robert Huva, Roger Dargaville, Peter Rayner

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

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Investigating the usefulness of satellite-derived fluorescence data in inferring gross primary productivity within the carbon cycle data assimilation system

EN Koffi, PJ Rayner, AJ Norton, C Frankenberg, M Scholze

Journal article  |  2015  |  Biogeosciences

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Greenhouse gas network design using backward Lagrangian particle dispersion modelling - Part 2: Sensitivity analyses and South African test case

A Nickless, T Ziehn, PJ Rayner, RJ Scholes, F Engelbrecht

Journal article  |  2015  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Impacts of atmospheric state uncertainty on O-2 measurement requirements for the ASCENDS mission

S Crowell, P Rayner, S Zaccheo, B Moore

Journal article  |  2015  |  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

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A multiyear, global gridded fossil fuel CO2 emission data product: Evaluation and analysis of results

S Asefi-Najafabady, PJ Rayner, KR Gurney, A McRobert, Y Song, K Coltin, J Huang, C Elvidge, K Baugh

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

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Greenhouse gas network design using backward Lagrangian particle dispersion modelling - Part 1: Methodology and Australian test case

T Ziehn, A Nickless, PJ Rayner, RM Law, G Roff, P Fraser

Journal article  |  2014  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Constraining regional greenhouse gas emissions using geostationary concentration measurements: a theoretical study

PJ Rayner, SR Utembe, S Crowell

Journal article  |  2014  |  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

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Modelling the airborne dispersion of pollutants from coal seam gas extraction

P RAYNER, S Utembe

Report  |  2014

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Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

P Ciais, AJ Dolman, A Bombelli, R Duren, A Peregon, PJ Rayner, C Miller, N Gobron, G Kinderman, G Marland, N Gruber, F Chevallier, RJ Andres, G Balsamo, L Bopp, F-M Breon, G Broquet, R Dargaville, TJ Battin, A Borges, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  Biogeosciences

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Sensitivity of simulated CO2 concentration to regridding of global fossil fuel CO2 emissions

X Zhang, KR Gurney, P Rayner, Y Liu, S Asefi-Najafabady

Journal article  |  2014  |  Geoscientific Model Development

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On the variation of regional CO2 exchange over temperate and boreal North America

Xia Zhang, Kevin R Gurney, Philippe Peylin, Frederic Chevallier, Rachel M Law, Prabir K Patra, Peter J Rayner, Christian Roeedenbeck, Maarten Krol

Journal article  |  2013  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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The BETHY/JSBACH Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System: experiences and challenges

T Kaminski, W Knorr, G Schuermann, M Scholze, PJ Rayner, S Zaehle, S Blessing, W Dorigo, V Gayler, R Giering, N Gobron, JP Grant, M Heimann, A Hooker-Stroud, S Houweling, T Kato, J Kattge, D Kelley, S Kemp, EN Koffi, et al.

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

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Uncertainty in temperature projections reduced using carbon cycle and climate observations

RogerW Bodman, Peter J Rayner, David J Karoly

Journal article  |  2013  |  Nature Climate Change

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Robust inversion of carbon dioxide fluxes over temperate Eurasia in 2006-2008

PS Swathi, NK Indira, PJ Rayner, M Ramonet, D Jagadheesha, BC Bhatt, VK Gaur

Journal article  |  2013  |  Current Science

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Uncertainty in temperature projections reduced using carbon cycle and climate observations

R Bodman, P Rayner, DJ Karoly

Journal article  |  2013  |  Nature Climate Change

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Global atmospheric carbon budget: results from an ensemble of atmospheric CO2 inversions

P Peylin, RM Law, KR Gurney, F Chevallier, AR Jacobson, T Maki, Y Niwa, PK Patra, W Peters, PJ Rayner, C Roedenbeck, IT van der Laan-Luijkx, X Zhang

Journal article  |  2013  |  Biogeosciences

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Estimating bacteria emissions from inversion of atmospheric transport: sensitivity to modelled particle characteristics

SM Burrows, PJ Rayner, T Butler, MG Lawrence

Journal article  |  2013  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Progress in development of Tropospheric Infrared Mapping Spectrometers (TIMS): geoCARB green house gas (GHG) application

John Jack B Kumer, Richard L Rairden, Aidan E Roche, Frederic Chevallier, Peter J Rayner, Berrien Moore

Conference Proceedings  |  2013  |  Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXI

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Quantifying the constraint of biospheric process parameters by CO2 concentration and flux measurement networks through a carbon cycle data assimilation system

EN Koffi, PJ Rayner, M Scholze, F Chevallier, T Kaminski

Journal article  |  2013  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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On the science and ethics of climate change: Why utilitarian responses aren't enough

PJ Rayner

Book Chapter  |  2013

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How well do different tracers constrain the firn diffusivity profile?

CM Trudinger, IG Enting, PJ Rayner, DM Etheridge, C Buizert, M Rubino, PB Krummel, T Blunier

Journal article  |  2013  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Correlations among leaf traits provide a significant constraint on the estimate of global gross primary production

YP Wang, XJ Lu, IJ Wright, YJ Dai, PJ Rayner, PB Reich

Journal article  |  2012  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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Atmospheric constraints on gross primary productivity and net ecosystem productivity: Results from a carbon-cycle data assimilation system

EN Koffi, PJ Rayner, M Scholze, C Beer

Journal article  |  2012  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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A synthesis of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion

RJ Andres, TA Boden, F-M Breon, P Ciais, S Davis, D Erickson, JS Gregg, A Jacobson, G Marland, J Miller, T Oda, JGJ Olivier, MR Raupach, P Rayner, K Treanton

Journal article  |  2012  |  Biogeosciences

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Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP)

IG Enting, PJ Rayner, P Ciais

Journal article  |  2012  |  Biogeosciences

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Observing the continental-scale carbon balance: assessment of sampling complementarity and redundancy in a terrestrial assimilation system by means of quantitative network design

T Kaminski, PJ Rayner, M Vossbeck, M Scholze, E Koffi

Journal article  |  2012  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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A European summertime CO2 biogenic flux inversion at mesoscale from continuous in situ mixing ratio measurements

Gregoire Broquet, Frederic Chevallier, Peter Rayner, Celine Aulagnier, Isabelle Pison, Michel Ramonet, Martina Schmidt, Alex T Vermeulen, Philippe Ciais

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Optimal representation of source-sink fluxes for mesoscale carbon dioxide inversion with synthetic data

Lin Wu, Marc Bocquet, Thomas Lauvaux, Frederic Chevallier, Peter Rayner, Kenneth Davis

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Impact of the atmospheric sink and vertical mixing on nitrous oxide fluxes estimated using inversion methods

RL Thompson, P Bousquet, F Chevallier, PJ Rayner, P Ciais

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Atmospheric CO2 inversion validation using vertical profile measurements: Analysis of four independent inversion models

CA Pickett-Heaps, PJ Rayner, RM Law, P Ciais, PK Patra, P Bousquet, P Peylin, S Maksyutov, J Marshall, C Roedenbeck, RL Langenfelds, LP Steele, RJ Francey, P Tans, C Sweeney

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Constraining predictions of the carbon cycle using data

PJ Rayner, E Koffi, M Scholze, T Kaminski, J-L Dufresne

Journal article  |  2011  |  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A - Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

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The relationship between peak warming and cumulative CO2 emissions, and its use to quantify vulnerabilities in the carbon-climate-human system

Michael R Raupach, Josep G Canadell, Philippe Ciais, Pierre Friedlingstein, Peter J Rayner, Catherine M Trudinger

Journal article  |  2011  |  Tellus Series B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology

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A three-dimensional synthesis inversion of the molecular hydrogen cycle: Sources and sinks budget and implications for the soil uptake

P Bousquet, C Yver, I Pison, YS Li, A Fortems, D Hauglustaine, S Szopa, PJ Rayner, P Novelli, R Langenfelds, P Steele, M Ramonet, M Schmidt, P Foster, C Morfopoulos, P Ciais

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

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A 3d synthesis inversion of the molecular hydrogen cycle: Source and sinks budget and implications for the soil uptake

P Bousquet, C Yver, I Pison, YS Li, A Fortems, D Hauglustaine, S Szopa, PJ Rayner, P Novelli, P Ciais, C Morfopoulos, P Foster, M Schmidt, M Ramonet, P Steele, R Langenfelds

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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On the impact of transport model errors for the estimation of CO2 surface fluxes from GOSAT observations

Frederic Chevallier, Liang Feng, Hartmut Boesch, Paul I Palmer, Peter J Rayner

Journal article  |  2010  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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Atmospheric inversions for estimating CO2 fluxes: methods and perspectives

P Ciais, P Rayner, F Chevallier, P Bousquet, M Logan, P Peylin, M Ramonet

Journal article  |  2010  |  Climatic Change

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A new global gridded data set of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion: Methodology and evaluation

PJ Rayner, MR Raupach, M Paget, P Peylin, E Koffi

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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The current state of carbon-cycle data assimilation

Peter J Rayner

Journal article  |  2010  |  Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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Regional variations in spatial structure of nightlights, population density and fossil-fuel CO2 emissions

MR Raupach, PJ Rayner, M Paget

Journal article  |  2010  |  Energy Policy

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Is the recent build-up of atmospheric CO2 over Europe reproduced by models. Part 2: an overview with the atmospheric mesoscale transport model CHIMERE

C Aulagnier, P Rayner, P Ciais, R Vautard, L Rivier, M Ramonet

Journal article  |  2010  |  Tellus Series B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology

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Combining top-down and bottom-up information for estimating CO2 fluxes: Methods and perspectives.

PI Ciais, P RAYNER, F Chevallier, P Bousquet, MORAGLOGA Logan, P Peylin, M Ramonet

Journal article  |  2010  |  Climatic Change

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What can we learn from European continuous atmospheric CO2 measurements to quantify regional fluxes - Part 2: Sensitivity of flux accuracy to inverse setup

C Carouge, PJ Rayner, P Peylin, P Bousquet, F Chevallier, P Ciais

Journal article  |  2010  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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What can we learn from European continuous atmospheric CO2 measurements to quantify regional fluxes - Part 1: Potential of the 2001 network

C Carouge, P Bousquet, P Peylin, PJ Rayner, P Ciais

Journal article  |  2010  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Evaluation of various observing systems for the global monitoring of CO2 surface fluxes

K Hungershoefer, F-M Breon, P Peylin, F Chevallier, P Rayner, A Klonecki, S Houweling, J Marshall

Journal article  |  2010  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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On the use of (CO2)-C-14 as a tracer for fossil fuel CO2: Quantifying uncertainties using an atmospheric transport model

Jocelyn Turnbull, Peter Rayner, John Miller, Tobias Naegler, Philippe Ciais, Anne Cozic

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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AIRS-based versus flask-based estimation of carbon surface fluxes

Frederic Chevallier, Richard J Engelen, Claire Carouge, Thomas J Conway, Philippe Peylin, Christopher Pickett-Heaps, Michel Ramonet, Peter J Rayner, Irene Xueref-Remy

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Bridging the gap between atmospheric concentrations and local ecosystem measurements

T Lauvaux, B Gioli, C Sarrat, PJ Rayner, P Ciais, F Chevallier, J Noilhan, F Miglietta, Y Brunet, E Ceschia, H Dolman, JA Elbers, C Gerbig, R Hutjes, N Jarosz, D Legain, M Uliasz

Journal article  |  2009  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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Structure of the transport uncertainty in mesoscale inversions of CO2 sources and sinks using ensemble model simulations

T Lauvaux, O Pannekoucke, C Sarrat, F Chevallier, P Ciais, J Noilhan, PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  2009  |  Biogeosciences

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Failure to launch

PI Palmer, PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  2009  |  Nature Geoscience

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AIRS-based versus flask-based estimation of carbon surface fluxes

F Chevallier, RJ Engelen, C Carouge, TJ Conway, P Peylin, C Pickett-Heaps, M Ramonet, PJ Rayner, I Xueref-Remy

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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Using the Kalman filter for parameter estimation in biogeochemical models

CM Trudinger, MR Raupach, PJ Rayner, IG Enting

Journal article  |  2008  |  Environmetrics

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The globcarbon initiative: Global biophysical products for global terrestrial carbon studies

S Plummer, O Arino, F Ranera, K Tansey, R Leigh, J Chen, G Dedieu, H Eva, G Borstlap, B Beusen, F Fierens, W Heyns, R Benedetti, R Lacaze, S Garrigues, T Quaife, M De Kauwe, S Quegan, M Raupach, P Briggs, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2008  |  European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

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Interannual variations in continental-scale net carbon exchange and sensitivity to observing networks estimated from atmospheric CO(2) inversions for the period 1980 to 2005

Kevin R Gurney, David Baker, Peter Rayner, Scott Denning

Journal article  |  2008  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Toward a monitoring and forecasting system for atmospheric composition: The GEMS project

A Hollingsworth, RJ Engelen, C Textor, A Benedetti, O Boucher, F Chevallier, A Dethof, H Elbern, H Eskes, J Flemming, C Granier, JW Kaiser, J-J Morcrette, P Rayner, V-H Peuch, L Rouil, MG Schultz, AJ Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

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Interannual variability of the global carbon cycle (1992-2005) inferred by inversion of atmospheric CO2 and delta(CO2)-C-13 measurements

PJ Rayner, RM Law, CE Allison, RJ Francey, CM Trudinger, C Pickett-Heaps

Journal article  |  2008  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Mesoscale inversion: first results from the CERES campaign with synthetic data

T Lauvaux, M Uliasz, C Sarrat, F Chevallier, P Bousquet, C Lac, KJ Davis, P Ciais, AS Denning, PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  2008  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Propagating uncertainty through prognostic carbon cycle data assimilation system simulations

M Scholze, T Kaminski, P Rayner, W Knorr, R Giering

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Carbon flux bias estimation employing maximum likelihood ensemble filter (MLEF)

Dusanka Zupanski, A Scott Denning, Marek Uliasz, Milija Zupanski, Andrew E Schuh, Peter J Rayner, Wouter Peters, Katherine D Corbin

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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An update on the globcarbon initiative: Multi-sensor estimation of global biophysical products for global terrestrial carbon studies

S Plummer, O Arino, F Ranera, K Tansey, J Chen, G Dedieu, H Eva, I Piccolini, R Leigh, G Borstlap, B Beusen, F Fierens, W Heyns, R Benedetti, R Lacaze, S Garrigues, T Quaife, M De Kauwe, S Quegan, M Raupach, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

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OptIC project: An intercomparison of optimization techniques for parameter estimation in terrestrial biogeochemical models

Cathy M Trudinger, Michael R Raupach, Peter J Rayner, Jens Kattge, Qing Liu, Bernard Pak, Markus Reichstein, Luigi Renzullo, Andrew D Richardson, Stephen H Roxburgh, Julie Styles, Ying Ping Wang, Peter Briggs, Damian Barrett, Sonja Nikolova

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Precision requirements for space-based X-CO2 data

CE Miller, D Crisp, PL DeCola, SC Olsen, JT Randerson, AM Michalak, A Alkhaled, P Rayner, DJ Jacob, P Suntharalingam, DBA Jones, AS Denning, ME Nicholls, SC Doney, S Pawson, H Boesch, BJ Connor, IY Fung, D O'Brien, RJ Salawitch, et al.

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Contribution of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory to the estimation of CO2 sources and sinks: Theoretical study in a variational data assimilation framework

Frederic Chevallier, Francois-Marie Breon, Peter J Rayner

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Propagating uncertainty through prognostic CCDAS simulations

M Scholze, T Kaminski, PJ Rayner, W Knorr, R Geiring

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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The contribution of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory to the estimation of CO2 sources and sinks: A theoretical study in a variational data assimilation framework

F Chevallier, FM Breon, PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Climate-carbon cycle feedback analysis: Results from the (CMIP)-M-4 model intercomparison

P Friedlingstein, P Cox, R Betts, L Bopp, W Von Bloh, V Brovkin, P Cadule, S Doney, M Eby, I Fung, G Bala, J John, C Jones, F Joos, T Kato, M Kawamiya, W Knorr, K Lindsay, HD Matthews, T Raddatz, et al.

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Climate

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Estimating high latitude carbon fluxes with inversions of atmospheric CO2

R Dargaville, D Baker, C Rödenbeck, P Rayner, P Ciais

Journal article  |  2006  |  Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change: an international journal devoted to scientific, engineering, socio-economic and policy responses to environmental change

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Sensitivity of inverse estimation of annual mean CO2 sources and sinks to ocean-only sites versus all-sites observational networks

PK Patra, KR Gurney, AS Denning, S Maksyutov, T Nakazawa, D Baker, P Bousquet, L Bruhwiler, YH Chen, P Ciais, SM Fan, I Fung, M Gloor, M Heimann, K Higuchi, J John, RM Law, T Maki, BC Pak, P Peylin, et al.

Journal article  |  2006  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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TransCom 3 inversion intercomparison: Impact of transport model errors on the interannual variability of regional CO2 fluxes, 1988-2003

DF Baker, RM Law, KR Gurney, P Rayner, P Peylin, AS Denning, P Bousquet, L Bruhwiler, YH Chen, P Ciais, IY Fung, M Heimann, J John, T Maki, S Maksyutov, K Masarie, M Prather, B Pak, S Taguchi, Z Zhu

Journal article  |  2006  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Daily CO2 flux estimates over Europe from continuous atmospheric measurements: 1, inverse methodology

P Peylin, PJ Rayner, P Bousquet, C Carouge, F Hourdin, P Heinrich, P Ciais

Journal article  |  2005  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Simultaneous mass balance inverse modeling of methane and carbon monoxide

TM Butler, PJ Rayner, I Simmonds, MG Lawrence

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Impact of Fraserdale CO2 observations on annual flux inversion of the North American boreal region

CW Yuen, K Higuchi

Journal article  |  2005  |  Tellus B

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Two decades of terrestrial carbon fluxes from a carbon cycle data assimilation system (CCDAS)

PJ Rayner, M Scholze, W Knorr, T Kaminski, R Giering, H Widmann

Journal article  |  2005  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Model-data synthesis in terrestrial carbon observation: methods, data requirements and data uncertainty specifications

MR Raupach, PJ Rayner, DJ Barrett, RS DeFries, M Heimann, DS Ojima, S Quegan, CC Schmullius

Journal article  |  2005  |  Global Change Biology

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Multiple constraints on regional CO2 flux variations over land and oceans

P Peylin, P Bousquet, C Le Quere, S Sitch, P Friedlingstein, G McKinley, N Gruber, P Rayner, P Ciais

Journal article  |  2005  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Inverse estimation of surface exchanges of greenhouse gases

P RAYNER

Report  |  2005

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Mass balance inverse modelling of methane in the 1990s using a Chemistry Transport Model

TM Butler, I Simmonds, PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  2004  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Inversion of diurnally varying synthetic CO2: Network optimization for an Australian test case

RM Law, PJ Rayner, YP Wang

Journal article  |  2004  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Optimizing CO2 observing networks in the presence of model error: results from TransCom 3

PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  2004  |  ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

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Transcom 3 inversion intercomparison: Model mean results for the estimation of seasonal carbon sources and sinks

KR Gurney, RM Law, AS Denning, PJ Rayner, BC Pak, D Baker, P Bousquet, L Bruhwiler, YH Chen, P Ciais, IY Fung, M Heimann, J John, T Maki, S Maksyutov, P Peylin, M Prather, S Taguchi

Journal article  |  2004  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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The orbiting carbon observatory (OCO) mission

D Crisp, RM Atlas, FM Breon, LR Brown, JP Burrows, P Ciais, BJ Connor, SC Doney, IY Fung, DJ Jacob, CE Miller, D O'Brien, S Pawson, JT Randerson, P Rayner, RJ Salawitch, SP Sander, B Sen, GL Stephens, PP Tans, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2004  |  Advances in Space Research

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Implications of ice core smoothing for inferring CO2 flux variability

CM Trudinger, PJ Rayner, IG Enting, M Heimann, M Scholze

Journal article  |  2003  |  Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

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Implications of ice core smoothing for inferring CO2 flux variability

CM Trudinger, PJ Rayner, IG Enting, M Heimann, M Scholze

Journal article  |  2003  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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How positive is the feedback between climate change and the carbon cycle?

P Friedlingstein, JL Dufresne, PM Cox, P Rayner

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Tellus B

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TransCom 3 CO2 inversion intercomparison: 2. Sensitivity of annual mean results to data choices

RACHELM LAW, YU-HAN CHEN, KEVINR GURNEY, TRANSCOM 3 MODELLERS

Journal article  |  2003  |  Tellus B

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Data and modelling requirements for CO2 inversions using high-frequency data

RM Law, PJ Rayner, LP Steele, IG Enting

Journal article  |  2003  |  Tellus Series B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology

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TransCom 3 CO2 inversion intercomparison: 1. Annual mean control results and sensitivity to transport and prior flux information

KR Gurney, RM Law, AS Denning, PJ Rayner, D Baker, P Bousquet, L Bruhwiler, YH Chen, P Ciais, SM Fan, IY Fung, M Gloor, M Heimann, K Higuchi, J John, E Kowalczyk, T Maki, S Maksyutov, P Peylin, M Prather, et al.

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Tellus B

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Sensitivity of optimal extension of CO2 observation networks to model transport

PRABIRK PATRA, SHAMIL MAKSYUTOV, TRANSCOM-3 MODELERS

Journal article  |  2003  |  Tellus B

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Southern hemisphere ocean CO2 uptake: reconciling atmospheric and oceanic estimates

T Roy, P Rayner, R Matear, R Francey

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Tellus B

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Two decades of ocean CO2 sink and variability

C Le Quere, O Aumont, L Bopp, P Bousquet, P Ciais, R Francey, M Heimann, CD Keeling, RF Keeling, H Kheshgi, P Peylin, SC Piper, IC Prentice, PJ Rayner

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Tellus B

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An example of an automatic differentiation-based modelling system

T Kaminski, R Giering, M Scholze, P Rayner, W Knorr

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

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Reconstructing atmospheric histories from measurements of air composition in firn

CM Trudinger, DM Etheridge, PJ Rayner, IG Enting, GA Sturrock, RL Langenfelds

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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On error estimation in atmospheric CO2 inversions

RJ Engelen, AS Denning, KR Gurney

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Global observations of the carbon budget - 3. Initial assessment of the impact of satellite orbit, scan geometry, and cloud on measuring CO2 from space

PJ Rayner, RM Law, DM O'Brien, TM Butler, AC Dilley

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

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Using high temporal frequency data for CO2 inversions

RM Law, PJ Rayner, LP Steele, IG Enting

Journal article  |  2002  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Estimates of large-scale fluxes in high latitudes from terrestrial biosphere models and an inversion of atmospheric CO2 measurements

R Dargaville, AD McGuire, P Rayner

Journal article  |  2002  |  Climatic Change

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Assimilating atmospheric data into a terrestrial biosphere model: A case study of the seasonal cycle

T Kaminski, W Knorr, PJ Rayner, M Heimann

Journal article  |  2002  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Kalman filter analysis of ice core data - 2. Double deconvolution of CO2 and delta C-13 measurements

CM Trudinger, IG Enting, PJ Rayner, RJ Francey

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Global observations of the carbon budget - 2. CO2 column from differential absorption of reflected sunlight in the 1.61 mu m band of CO2

DM O'Brien, PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Kalman filter analysis of ice core data - 1. Method development and testing the statistics

CM Trudinger, IG Enting, PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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Towards robust regional estimates of CO2 sources and sinks using atmospheric transport models

KR Gurney, RM Law, AS Denning, PJ Rayner, D Baker, P Bousquet, L Bruhwiler, YH Chen, P Ciais, S Fan, IY Fung, M Gloor, M Heimann, K Higuchi, J John, T Maki, S Maksyutov, K Masarie, P Peylin, M Prather, et al.

Journal article  |  2002  |  Nature

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Satellite-based measurements of CO2 for carbon flux estimation

TA Russell, W Sharp, B Moore, P Rayner, I Fung, D Wuebbles, N Zimmer, T Summers, K Chambers, M Dobbs, C Lietzke, J Zimmerman, M Abrams

Conference Proceedings  |  2002  |  Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere VI

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Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems

DS Schimel, JI House, KA Hibbard, P Bousquet, P Ciais, P Peylin, BH Braswell, MJ Apps, D Baker, A Bondeau, J Canadell, G Churkina, W Cramer, AS Denning, CB Field, P Friedlingstein, C Goodale, M Heimann, RA Houghton, JM Melillo, et al.

Journal article  |  2001  |  Nature

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Atmospheric perspectives on the ocean carbon cycle

P RAYNER

Book Chapter  |  2001

This edited volume brings together 27 scholarly contributions on the state of our knowledge of earth system interactions among the..

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On aggregation errors in atmospheric transport inversions

T Kaminski, PJ Rayner, M Heimann, IG Enting

Journal article  |  2001  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

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The utility of remotely sensed CO2 concentration data in surface source inversions

PJ Rayner, DM O'Brien

Journal article  |  2001  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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Exercises

PJ Rayner, R Giering, T Kaminski, R Menard, R Todling, CM Trudinger

Conference Proceedings  |  2000  |  INVERSE METHODS IN GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

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Impacts of seasonal covariance on CO2 inversions

RM Law, PJ Rayner

Journal article  |  1999  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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The interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

PJ Rayner, RM Law

Conference Proceedings  |  1999  |  Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

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Long-term variability in the global carbon cycle inferred from a high-precision CO2 and delta C-13 ice-core record

CM Trudinger, IG Enting, RJ Francey, DM Etheridge, PJ Rayner

Conference Proceedings  |  1999  |  Tellus B

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Reconstructing the recent carbon cycle from atmospheric CO2, delta C-13 and O-2/N-2 observations

PJ Rayner, IG Enting, RJ Francey, R Langenfelds

Conference Proceedings  |  1999  |  Tellus B

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Three-dimensional transport and concentration of SF6 - A model intercomparison study (TransCom 2)

AS Denning, M Holzer, KR Gurney, M Heimann, RM Law, PJ Rayner, IY Fung, SM Fan, S Taguchi, P Friedlingstein, Y Balkanski, J Taylor, M Maiss, I Levin

Journal article  |  1999  |  Tellus B

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The relationship between tropical CO2 fluxes and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation

PJ Rayner, RM Law, R Dargaville

Journal article  |  1999  |  Geophysical Research Letters

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Variations in modeled atmospheric transport of carbon dioxide and the consequences for CO2 inversions

RM Law, PJ Rayner, AS Denning, D Erickson, IY Fung, M Heimann, SC Piper, M Ramonet, S Taguchi, JA Taylor, CM Trudinger, IG Watterson

Conference Proceedings  |  1996  |  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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Optimizing the CO2 observing network for constraining sources and sinks

PJ Rayner, IG Enting, CM Trudinger

Conference Proceedings  |  1996  |  Tellus B

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A comparison of modelled responses to prescribed CO2 sources

P RAYNER, RM Law

Report  |  1995

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AN ASSESSMENT OF POSSIBLE CLIMATE-CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN REGION-BASED ON AN INTERCOMPARISON OF GENERAL-CIRCULATION MODELING RESULTS

PH WHETTON, PJ RAYNER, AB PITTOCK, MR HAYLOCK

Journal article  |  1994  |  Journal of Climate

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Modelling global ice and climate changes through the ice ages

WF Budd, P Rayner

Journal article  |  1990  |  Annals of Glaciology

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LOCAL AND REMOTE RESPONSE TO ZONALLY UNIFORM SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN A JULY GENERAL-CIRCULATION MODEL

I SIMMONDS, M DIX, P RAYNER, G TRIGG

Journal article  |  1989  |  International Journal of Climatology

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Assisting the Evolution of the Observing System for the Carbon Cycle through Quantitative Network Design

Thomas Kaminski, Peter Julian Rayner

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Various observational data streams have been shown to provide valuable constraints..

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A new step-wise Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System using multiple data streams to constrain the simulated land surface carbon cycle

P Peylin, C Bacour, N MacBean, S Leonard, PJ Rayner, S Kuppel, EN Koffi, A Kane, F Maignan, F Chevallier, P Ciais, P Prunet

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Large uncertainties in Land surface models (LSMs) simulations still arise from ina..

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Sensitivity of simulated CO2 concentration to sub-annual variations in fossil fuel CO2 emissions

X Zhang, KR Gurney, P Rayner, D Baker, Y-P Liu

Journal article  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

Abstract. Recent advances in fossil fuel CO2 (FFCO2) emission inventories enable sensitivity tests of simulated atmospheric CO2 co..

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Fundamentals of Data Assimilation

Peter Rayner, Anna M Michalak, Frédéric Chevallier

Journal article  |  Geoscientific Model Development Discussions

This article lays out the fundamentals of data assimilation as used in biogeochemistry. It demonstrates that all of the methods in..

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Estimates of CO2 fluxes over the City of Cape Town, South Africa, through Bayesian inverse modelling

Alecia Nickless, Peter J Rayner, Francois Engelbrecht, Ernst-Günther Brunke, Birgit Erni, Robert J Scholes

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Constraining regional greenhouse gas emissions using geostationary concentration measurements: a theoretical study

PJ Rayner, SR Utembe, S Crowell

Journal article  |  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions

Abstract. We investigate the ability of column-integrated trace gas measurements from a geostationary satellite to constrain surfa..

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Estimating global gross primary productivity using chlorophyll fluorescence and a data assimilation system with the BETHY-SCOPE model

Alexander J Norton, Peter J Rayner, Ernest N Koffi, Marko Scholze, Jeremy D Silver, Ying-Ping Wang

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Optimal Inverse Estimation of Ecosystem Parameters from Observations of Carbon and Energy Fluxes

Peter Rayner

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A Joint Global Carbon Inversion System Using Both CO2 and CO2 Atmospheric Concentration Data

Peter Rayner

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Current systematic carbon cycle observations and needs for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

P Ciais, AJ Dolman, A Bombelli, R Duren, A Peregon, PJ Rayner, C Miller, N Gobron, G Kinderman, G Marland, N Gruber, F Chevallier, RJ Andres, G Balsamo, L Bopp, F-M Bréon, G Broquet, R Dargaville, TJ Battin, A Borges, et al.

Journal article  |  Biogeosciences Discussions

Abstract. A globally integrated carbon observation and analysis system is needed to improve the fundamental understanding of the g..

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Greenhouse gas network design using backward Lagrangian particle dispersion modelling – Part 1: Methodology and Australian test case

T Ziehn, A Nickless, PJ Rayner, RM Law, G Roff, P Fraser

Journal article  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

Abstract. This paper describes the generation of optimal atmospheric measurement networks for determining carbon dioxide fluxes ov..

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A multi-species data assimilation system to retrieve information on land-atmosphere exchange processes

Peter Rayner

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Global atmospheric carbon budget: results from an ensemble of atmospheric CO2 inversions

P Peylin, RM Law, KR Gurney, F Chevallier, AR Jacobson, T Maki, Y Niwa, PK Patra, W Peters, PJ Rayner, C Rödenbeck, X Zhang

Journal article  |  Biogeosciences Discussions

Abstract. Atmospheric CO2 inversions estimate surface carbon fluxes from an optimal fit to atmospheric CO2 measurements, usually i..

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Historical greenhouse gas concentrations

Malte Meinshausen, Elisabeth Vogel, Alexander Nauels, Katja Lorbacher, Nicolai Meinshausen, David Etheridge, Paul Fraser, Stephen A Montzka, Peter Rayner, Cathy Trudinger, Paul Krummel, Urs Beyerle, Josep G Cannadell, John S Daniel, Ian Enting, Rachel M Law, Simon O'Doherty, Ron G Prinn, Stefan Reimann, Mauro Rubino, et al.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are at unprecedented, record-high levels..

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Remote sensing CO2, CH4 and CO emissions in a polluted urban environment

Denis M O'Brien, Igor N Polonsky, Steven R Utembe, Peter J Rayner

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This paper describes a numerical experiment to test the ability of the proposed ge..

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Historical greenhouse gas concentrations

Malte Meinshausen, Elisabeth Vogel, Alexander Nauels, Katja Lorbacher, Nicolai Meinshausen, David Etheridge, Paul Fraser, Stephen A Montzka, Peter Rayner, Cathy Trudinger, Paul Krummel, Urs Beyerle, Josep G Cannadell, John S Daniel, Ian Enting, Rachel M Law, Simon O'Doherty, Ron G Prinn, Stefan Reimann, Mauro Rubino, et al.

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Sensitivity of simulated CO2 concentration to regridding of global fossil fuel CO2 emissions

X Zhang, KR Gurney, P Rayner, Y Liu, S Asefi-Najafabady

Journal article  |  Geoscientific Model Development Discussions

Abstract. Errors in the specification or utilization of fossil fuel CO2 emissions within carbon budget or atmospheric CO2 inverse ..

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Greenhouse gas network design using backward Lagrangian particle dispersion modelling – Part 2: Sensitivity analyses and South African test case

A Nickless, T Ziehn, PJ Rayner, RJ Scholes, F Engelbrecht

Journal article  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

Abstract. This is the second part of a two-part paper considering network design based on a Lagrangian stochastic particle dispers..

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An atmospheric inversion over the city of Cape Town: sensitivity analyses

Alecia Nickless, Peter J Rayner, Robert J Scholes, Francois Engelbrecht, Birgit Erni

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> We present sixteen different sensitivity tests applied to the Cape Town atmospheri..

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Estimating global gross primary productivity using chlorophyll fluorescence and a data assimilation system with the BETHY-SCOPE model

Alexander J Norton, Peter J Rayner, Ernest N Koffi, Marko Scholze, Jeremy D Silver, Ying-Ping Wang

Journal article

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This paper presents the assimilation of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SI..

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Monitoring carbon from space

Stephen Plummer, Peter Rayner, Michael Raupach, Philippe Ciais, Roger Dargaville

Journal article  |  Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union

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Estimating global gross primary productivity using chlorophyll fluorescence and a data assimilation system with the BETHY-SCOPE model

Alexander J Norton, Peter J Rayner, Ernest N Koffi, Marko Scholze, Jeremy D Silver, Ying-Ping Wang

Journal article  |  Biogeosciences Discussions

Abstract. This paper presents the assimilation of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) into a terrestrial biosphere model ..

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Supplementary material to "The SSP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500"

Malte Meinshausen, Zebedee Nicholls, Jared Lewis, Matthew J Gidden, Elisabeth Vogel, Mandy Freund, Urs Beyerle, Claudia Gessner, Alexander Nauels, Nico Bauer, Joseph G Canadell, John S Daniel, Andrew John, Paul Krummel, Gunnar Luderer, Nicolai Meinshausen, Stephen A Montzka, Peter Rayner, Stefan Reimann, Steven J Smith, et al.

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Can we detect regional methane anomalies? A comparison between three observing systems

Cindy Cressot, Isabelle Pison, Peter J Rayner, Philippe Bousquet, Audrey Fortems-Cheiney, Frédéric Chevallier

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> A Bayesian inversion system is used to evaluate the capability of the current glob..

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A global map of emission clumps for future monitoring of fossil fuel CO2 emissions from space

Peter Rayner

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The SSP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500

Malte Meinshausen, Zebedee Nicholls, Jared Lewis, Matthew J Gidden, Elisabeth Vogel, Mandy Freund, Urs Beyerle, Claudia Gessner, Alexander Nauels, Nico Bauer, Joseph G Canadell, John S Daniel, Andrew John, Paul Krummel, Gunnar Luderer, Nicolai Meinshausen, Stephen A Montzka, Peter Rayner, Stefan Reimann, Steven J Smith, et al.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Anthropogenic increases of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are the main ..

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An atmospheric inversion over the city of Cape Town: sensitivity analyses

Alecia Nickless, Peter J Rayner, Robert J Scholes, Francois Engelbrecht, Birgit Erni

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A Clean Air Plan for Sydney: An Overview of the Special Issue on Air Quality in New South Wales

Clare Paton-Walsh, Peter Rayner, Jack Simmons, Sonya L Fiddes, Robyn Schofield, Howard Bridgman, Stephanie Beaupark, Richard Broome, Scott D Chambers, Lisa Tzu-Chi Chang, Martin Cope, Christine T Cowie, Maximilien Desservettaz, Doreena Dominick, Kathryn Emmerson, Hugh Forehead, Ian E Galbally, Alan Griffiths, Élise-Andrée Guérette, Alison Haynes, et al.

Journal article  |  Atmosphere

This paper presents a summary of the key findings of the special issue of Atmosphere on Air Quality in New South Wales and discuss..

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Calibrating Climate Models Using Inverse Methods: Case studies with HadAM3, HadAM3P and HadCM3

Peter Rayner

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Quantifying methane point sources from fine-scale (GHGSat) satellite observations of atmospheric methane plumes

Peter Rayner

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Impacts of spectroscopic errors on O2 measurement requirements for the ASCENDS mission

S Crowell, P Rayner, S Zaccheo, B Moore

Journal article  |  Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions

Abstract. Remotely sensed observations of atmospheric composition require an estimate of surface pressure. This estimate can eithe..

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Data Assimilation using an Ensemble of Models: A hierarchical approach

Peter Rayner

Journal article  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

One characteristic of biogeochemical models is uncertainty about their formulation. Data assimilation should take this uncertainty..

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Estimates of CO2 fluxes over the City of Cape Town, South Africa, through Bayesian inverse modelling

Alecia Nickless, Peter J Rayner, Francois Engelbrecht, Ernst-Günther Brunke, Birgit Erni, Robert J Scholes

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The results of a high resolution Bayesian inversion over the City of Cape Town, So..

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Assimilating solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence into the terrestrial biosphere model BETHY-SCOPE: Model description and information content

Alexander J Norton, Peter J Rayner, Ernest N Koffi, Marko Scholze

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The synthesis of model and observational information using data assimilation can i..

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Fundamentals of Data Assimilation applied to biogeochemistry

Peter J Rayner, Anna M Michalak, Frédéric Chevallier

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This article lays out the fundamentals of data assimilation as used in biogeochemi..

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Potential of European 14CO2 observation network to estimate the fossil fuel CO2 emissions via atmospheric inversions

Peter Rayner

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Impact of spatial proxies on the representation of bottom-up emission inventories: A satellite-based analysis

Peter Rayner

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The potential of OCO-2 data to reduce the uncertainties in CO2 surface fluxes over Australia using a variational assimilation scheme

Yohanna Villalobos, Peter Rayner, Steven Thomas, Jeremy Silver

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This paper addresses the question of how much uncertainties in CO<sub>2</..

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general review

Peter Rayner

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Recent changes in the global and regional carbon cycle: analysis of first-order diagnostics

PJ Rayner, A Stavert, M Scholze, A Ahlstrom, C Allison, R Law

Journal article  |  Biogeosciences Discussions

Abstract. We analyze global and regional changes in CO2 fluxes using two simple models, an airborne fraction of anthropogenic emis..

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Designing optimal greenhouse gas monitoring networks for Australia

T Ziehn, RM Law, PJ Rayner, G Roff

Journal article  |  Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems Discussions

Abstract. Atmospheric transport inversion is commonly used to infer greenhouse gas (GHG) flux estimates from concentration measure..

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Impact of modelled particle characteristics on emissions inferred by inversion of tracer transport

SM Burrows, PJ Rayner, T Butler, MG Lawrence

Journal article  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

Abstract. Model-simulated transport of atmospheric trace components can be combined with observed concentrations to obtain estimat..

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Combining Measurements of Built-up Area, Nighttime Light, and Travel Time Distance for Detecting Changes in Urban Boundaries: Introducing the BUNTUS Algorithm

Muhammad Luqman, Peter J Rayner, Kevin R Gurney

Journal article  |  Remote Sensing

This paper introduces a new algorithm (BUNTUS—Built-up, Nighttime Light, and Travel time for Urban Size) using remote sensing tech..

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A biogenic CO2 flux adjustment scheme for the mitigation of large-scale biases in global atmospheric CO2 analyses and forecasts

Peter Rayner

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RECCAP uncertainty

IG Enting, PJ Rayner, P Ciais

Journal article  |  Biogeosciences

Abstract. Characterisation of regional carbon budgets and processes (the overall task addressed in this series of articles) is inh..

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Investigating the usefulness of satellite derived fluorescence data in inferring gross primary productivity within the carbon cycle data assimilation system

EN Koffi, PJ Rayner, AJ Norton, C Frankenberg, M Scholze

Journal article  |  Biogeosciences Discussions

Abstract. We investigate the utility of satellite measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence (Fs) in constraining gross primary prod..

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Estimating CO2 emissions from point sources: a case study of an isolated power station

SR Utembe, N Jones, PJ Rayner, I Genkova, DWT Griffith, DM O'Brien, C Lunney, AJ Clark

Journal article  |  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

Abstract. A methodology to estimate CO2 emissions from an isolated power plant is presented and illustrated for the Northern Power..

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Keyword Analysis

Atmospheric Sciences
Atmosphere and Weather
Climate and Climate Change
Expanding Knowledge
Atmosphere (excl. Climate and Weather)
Mathematics
Climate and Weather
Non-Oriented Research
Statistics
Applied Mathematics

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Displaying the 2 most recent news articles by Peter Rayner.

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Cities for climate change

Peter Rayner

December 10, 2015
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Cities and nature working together for clean air

Peter Rayner

August 21, 2015

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2002

Priestley Medal

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

1

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Credentials

Positions

Director: Nesp Hub - Clean Air & Urban Landscapes

Earth Sciences

Professional Member

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Member

American Geophysical Union

Education

Sciences of the Universe

Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)

Earth Sciences

University of Melbourne

Physics

University of Melbourne

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