Assessing an earth system model using data assimilation/flux-inversion models

Mark Leonard1,2, Lori Bruhwiler3, John P Dunne4, Elena Shevliakova5, Katherine D Haynes6, Ian T Baker6, A Scott Denning6 and Edward J Dlugokencky7, (1)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA; ESRL GMD, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NOAA, ESRL/GMD, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA Geophys Fluid Dynamic, Princeton, United States, (5)Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton, NJ, United States, (6)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (7)NOAA/ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, United States