Work

Comment

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Based on the measurements of the OCO-2 satellite, Noel Cressie addresses a particularly hard challenge for Earth observation, arguably an extreme case in remote sensing. He is one of the very few who has expertise in most of the processing chain and his article brilliantly discusses the diverse underlying statistical challenges. In this comment, we provide a complementary view of the topic to qualify its prospects as drawn by N. Cressie at the end of his article. We first summarize the motivation of OCO-2-type programs; we then expose the corresponding challenges before discussing the prospects.

Source: Journal of the American Statistical Association

DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2017.1419138

Authors: Frédéric Chevallier, François-Marie Bréon

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement

Language: English

Topic: Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, European Commission, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Awards: G1244558398, G7343443838