Publications
[ Group members are in bold below.]
- Landman, M.S., J. Chung, J. Jiang, S.M. Miller, A.K. Saibaba. “A joint reconstruction and model selection approach for large scale inverse modeling.” Submitted to Geoscientific Model Development. Preprint: doi:10.5194/gmd-2024-90.
- Baker, I.T., A.E. Schuh, C. O’Dell, J.B. Miller, S. Crowell, S. gallup, A.S. Denning, D. Baker, S. Basu, M. Bertlloacci, F. Chevallier, N. Cressie, F. Deng, K. Haynes, A. Jacobson, M.S. Johnson, J. Liu, Z. Liu, S. Maksyutov, A.Z. Magnion, S.M. Miller, H. Peiro, S. Philip, B. Weir, N. Zeng. “New insights into seasonal carbon exchanges in the Amazon rainforest.” In revision for Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
- Reum, F., J. Marshall, L. Bretschneider, G. Brostrom, A. Dissanayake, T. Glauch, K.D. Gottschaldt, J. Gros, H. Huntrieser, A. Lampert, M. Lichtenstern, S.M. Miller, M. Mohrmann, F. Paetzold, M. Puehl, G. Rehder, A. Roiger. “Diffusive methane emissions around the Nord Stream leak sites captured by airborne measurements.” In revision for Nature Communications.
- Hall-Hooper, K.A., A.K Saibaba, J. Chung, S.M Miller. “Efficient methods for hyperparameter estimation in large-scale linear inverse problems.” In revision for Advances in Computational Mathematics. Preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15827.
- Zhang, M., I.J. Vimont, S.M. Jordaan, L. Hu, K. McKain, M. Crotwell, D.C. Gaeta, S.M. Miller. “U.S. ethane emissions and trends estimated from atmospheric observations.” Environmental Science & Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c00380, 2024.
- Lei, R., J. Poe, D. Huntzinger, J. Liu, S. Stich, D.F. Baker, L. Feng, D.C. Gaeta, Z. Huang, S.M. Miller. “The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and in situ CO2 data suggest a larger seasonal amplitude of the terrestrial carbon cycle compared to many dynamic global vegetation models.” Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2024.114326, 2024.
- Liu, J., D. Baker, S. Basu, K. Bowman, B. Byrne, F. Chevallier, W. He, F. Jiang, M.S. Johnson, T.L. Kubar, X. Li, Z. Liu, S.M. Miller, S. Philip, J. Xiao, J. Yun, N. Zeng. “The reduced net carbon uptake over northern hemisphere land causes the close-to-normal CO2 growth rate in 2021 La Niña.” Science Advances, doi:10.1126/sciadv.adl2201, 2024.
- Chen, H., W. He, J. Liu, N.T. Nguyen, F. Chevallier, H. Yang, Y. Lv, C. Huang, C. Roedenbeck, S.M. Miller, F. Jiang, J. Liu, M.S. Johnson, S. Philip, Z. Liu, N. Zeng, S. Basu, D.F. Baker. “Satellite-detected large CO2 release in southwestern North America during the 2020–2021 drought and associated wildfires.” Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad3cf7, 2024.
- Karion, A., P. Shepson, T. Butcher, R. Commane, J. Fernandez, T. Ferrara, K. Hajny, R.B. Jackson, B. Lamb, I. Lopez-Coto, Z. Magavi, B. McDonald, Z. Merrin, S.M. Miller, K. Mueller, L. Murray, J. Pitt, R. Trieste, R. Trojanowski, J. von Fischer. “Workshop on Quantifying Methane Emissions Across Natural Gas Infrastructure in Urban Environments” NIST Special Publication 1500-22, doi:10.6028/NIST.SP.1500-22, 2024.
- Gaeta, D., J. Mühle, I.J. Vimont, M. Crotwell, L. Hu, J.B. Miller, K. McKain, B.C. Baier, M. Zhang, J. Bao, B.R. Miller, S.M. Miller. “California dominates US emissions of the pesticide and potent greenhouse gas sulfuryl fluoride.” Communications Earth & Environment, doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01294-x, 2024.
- Zhang, M., J. Berry, Y. Shiga, R. Doughty, X. Li, J. Xiao, J. Wen, Y. Sun, S.M. Miller. “Solar-induced fluorescence helps constrain global patterns in net biosphere exchange, as estimated using atmospheric CO2 observations.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, doi:10.1029/2023JG007703, 2023.
- Chung, J., J. Jiang, S.M. Miller, A. Saibaba. “Hybrid projection methods with solution decomposition for large-scale inverse problems.” SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, doi:10.1137/22M150219, 2023.
- Feng, L., S. Tavakoli, S. Jordaan, M. Zhang, D. Gaeta, J. Benmergui, A. Andrews, D. Waugh, S.M. Miller. “Inter-annual variability in atmospheric transport complicates estimation of US methane emissions trends.” Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2022GL100366, 2023.
- Wang, J., N. Zeng, M. Wang, F. Jiang, F. Chevallier, S. Crowell, W. He, M.S. Johnson, J. Liu, Z. Liu, S.M. Miller, S. Philip, H. Wang, M. Wu, W. Ju, S. Feng, M. Jia. Anomalous Net Biome Exchange Over Amazonian Rainforests Induced by the 2015/16 El Niño: Soil Dryness-Shaped Spatial Pattern but Temperature-dominated Total Flux. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2023GL103379, 2023.
- Byrne, B., D. Baker, S. Basu, M. Bertolacci, K.W. Bowman, D. Carroll, A. Chatterjee, F. Chevallier, P. Ciais, N. Cressie, D. Crisp, S. Crowell, F. Deng, Z. Deng, N.M. Deutscher, M.K. Dubey, S. Feng, O.E. Garcia, D.W.T. Griffith, B. Herkommer, L. Hu, A.R. Jacobson, R. Janardanan, S. Jeong, M.S. Johnson, D.B.A. Jones, R. Kivi, J. Liu, Z. Lliu, S. Maksyutov, J.B. Miller, S.M. Miller, I. Morino, J. Notholt, T. Oda, C.W. O’Dell, Y.-S. Oh, H. Ohhyama, P.K. Patra, H. Peiro, C. Petri, S. Philip, D.F. Pollard, B. Poulter, M. Remaud, A. Schuh, M.K. Sha, K. Shiomi, K. Strong, C. Sweeney, Y. Te, H. Tian, V.A. Velazco, M. Vrekoussis, T. Warneke, J.R. Worden, D. Wunch, Y. Yao, J. Yun, A. Zammit-Mangion, N. Zeng. “National CO2 budgets (2015–2020) inferred from atmospheric CO2 observations in support of the Global Stocktake.” Earth System Science Data, doi:10.5194/essd-15-963-2023, 2023.
- Jordaan, S.M., A.W. Ruttinger, K. Surana, D. Nock, S.M. Miller, A. Ravikumar. “Global Mitigation Opportunities for the Life Cycle of Global Natural Gas-Fired Power.” Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01503-5, 2022.
- Fu, J., W. Wang, B. Zaitchik, W. Nie. E. Fei, S.M. Miller, C.J. Harman. “Critical role of irrigation efficiency for cropland expansion in western China arid agroecosystems.” Earth’s Future, doi:10.1029/2022EF002955, 2022.
- Cho, T., J. Chung, S.M. Miller, A. Saibaba. “Computationally efficient methods for large-scale atmospheric inverse modeling.” Geoscientific Model Development, doi:10.5194/gmd-15-5547-2022, 2022.
- Zhang, X., D.W. Waugh, G.H. Kerr, S.M. Miller. “Surface ozone-temperature relationship: The meridional gradient ratio approximation.” Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2022GL098680, 2022.
- Stinecipher, J.R., P. Cameron-Smith, L. Kuai, N. Glatthor, M. Hoepfner, I. Baker, C. Beer, K. Bowman, M. Lee, S.M. Miller, N. Parazoo, J.E. Campbell. “Remotely-Sensed carbonyl sulfide constrains model estimates of Amazon primary productivity.” Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2021GL096802, 2022.
- Nahm, J., S.M. Miller, J. Urpelainen. “Trillion-dollar COVID-19 stimulus builds back the same: emissions analysis of G20 economic recovery packages reveals governments breaking green promises.” Nature, doi:10.1038/d41586-022-00540-6, 2022.
- Tavakkoli, S., L. Feng, S.M. Miller, S.M. Jordaan. “The implications of uncertain methane leaks for life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas-fired electricity in the United States.” Environmental Science & Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c05246, 2022.
- Randazzo, N., A. Michalak, C. Miller, S. M. Miller, Y. Shiga, Y. Fang. “Higher autumn temperatures lead to contrasting responses in boreal forests and tundra.” Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2021GL093843, 2021.
- Liu, X., A. Weinbren, H. Chang, J. Tadic, M. Mountain, M. Trudeau, A. Andrews, Z. Chen, and S.M. Miller. “Data reduction for inverse modeling: an adaptive approach.” Geoscientific Model Development, doi:10.5194/gmd-14-4683-2021, 2021.
- Barkley, Z., K. Davis, S. Feng, Y.Y. Cui, A. Fried, P. Weibring, D. Richter, J.G. Walega, S.M. Miller, M. Eckl, A. Roiger, A. Fiehn, J. Kostinek. “Analysis of oil and gas ethane and methane emissions in the southcentral and eastern United States using four seasons of continuous aircraft ethane measurements.” Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2020JD034194, 2021.
- Hayek, M.N. and S.M. Miller. “Atmospheric observations of methane from intensively-farmed animals have implications for sustainable development.” Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac02ef, 2021.
- Chen, Z., D. Huntzinger, J. Liu, S. Piao, X. Wang, S. Sitch, P. Friedlingstein, P. Anthoni, A. Arneth, V. Bastrikov, D.S. Goll, V. Haverd, A.K. Jain, E. Joetzjer, E. Kato, S. Lienert, D.L. Lombardozzi, P.C. McGuire, J.R. Melton, J. E.M.S. Nabel, J. Pongratz, B. Poulter, H. Tian, A.J. Wiltshire, S. Zaehle, S.M. Miller. “Five years of variability in the global carbon cycle: inferences from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 and terrestrial biosphere models.” Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abfac1, 2021.
- Chen, Z., J. Liu, D.K. Henze, D.N. Huntzinger, K.C. Wells, S. Sitch, P. Friedlingstein, E. Joetzjer, V. Bastrikov, D.S. Goll, V. Haverd, A.K. Jian, E. Kato, S. Lienert, D.L. Lombardozzi, P.C. McGuire, J.R. Melton, J. E.M.S. Nabel, B. Poulter, H. Tian, A.J. Wiltshire, S. Zaehle, S.M. Miller. “Linking global terrestrial CO2 fluxes and environmental drivers: inferences from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 and terrestrial biospheric models.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi:10.5194/acp-21-6663-2021, 2021.
- Tadic, J., S.M. Miller, V. Yadav, and S. Biraud. “Greenhouse gas fluxes from Alaska’s North Slope estimated from the Airborne Carbon Measurements (ACME-V).” Atmospheric Environment, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118239, 2021.
- Kerr, G.H., D. Waugh, S.M. Miller. “Jet Stream-surface tracer relationships: Mechanism and sensitivity to source region.” Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2020GL090714, 2020.
- Roest, G.S., K.R. Gurney, J. Liang, S.M. Miller. “Informing urban climate planning with high resolution data: the Hestia fossil fuel CO2 emissions for Baltimore, Maryland.” Carbon Balance and Management, doi:10.18434/T4/1503342, 2020.
- Zhang, M., S.M Jordaan, W. Peng, Q. Zhang, S.M. Miller. “Potential uses of coal methane in China and associated benefits for air quality, health, and climate.” Environmental Science & Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c01207, 2020.
- Miller, S.M., A.K. Saibaba, M.E. Trudeau, M.E. Mountain, and A.E. Andrews,. “Geostatistical inverse modeling with very large datasets: an example from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) satellite.” Geoscientific Model Development, doi:10.5194/gmd-13-1771-2020, 2020.
- Miller, S.M. and A.M. Michalak. “The impact of improved satellite retrievals on estimates of biospheric carbon balance.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi:10.5194/acp-20-323-2020, 2020.
- Miller, S.M., A.M. Michalak, R.G. Detmers, O.P. Hasekamp, L.M.P. Bruhwiler, S. Schwietzke. “China’s coal mine methane regulations have not curbed growing emissions.” Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07891-7, 2019.
- Miller, S.M., A.M. Michalak, V. Yadav, J. Tadic. “Characterizing biospheric carbon balance using CO2 observations from the OCO-2 satellite.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi:10.5194/acp-18-6785-2018, 2018.
- Miller, S.M., M.A. Taylor, and J.D. Watts (co-lead authors). “Understanding high latitude methane in a warming climate.” EOS, 19. https://eos.org/project-updates/understanding-high-latitude-methane-in-a-warming-climate, 2018.
- Nevison, C., A. Andrews, K. Thoning, E. Dlugokencky, C. Sweeney, E. Saikawa, J. Benmergui, S.M. Miller, M. Fischer. “Nitrous oxide emissions estimated with the Carbon Tracker Lagrange North America regional inversion framework.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1002/2017GB005759, 2018.
- Hase, N., S.M. Miller, P. Maaß, J. Notholt, M. Palm, T. Warneke. “Atmospheric inverse modeling via sparse reconstruction.” Geoscientific Model Development, doi:10.5194/gmd-10-3695-2017, 2017.
- Commane, R., J. Lindaas, J. Benmergui, K.A. Luus, R.Y.W. Chang, B.C. Daube, E.S. Euskirchen, J.M. Henderson, A. Karion, J.B. Miller, S.M. Miller, N.C. Parazoo, J.T. Randerson, C. Sweeney, P. Tans, K. Thoning, S. Veraverbeke, C.E. Miller, S.C. Wofsy. “Carbon dioxide sources from Alaska driven by increasing early winter respiration from Arctic tundra.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), doi:10.1073/pnas.1618567114, 2017.
- Miller, S.M. and A.M. Michalak. “Constraining sector-specific CO2 and CH4 emissions in the United States.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi:10.5194/acp-17-3963-2017, 2017.
- Tadic, J., X. Qui, S.M. Miller, A.M. Michalak. “Spatio-temporal approach to moving window block kriging of satellite data.” Geoscientific Model Development, doi:10.5194/gmd-10-709-2017, 2017.
- Miller, S.M., C.E. Miller, R. Commane, R.Y.-W. Chang, S.J. Dinardo, J.M. Henderson,A. Karion, J. Lindaas, J.R. Melton, J.B. Miller, C. Sweeney, S.C. Wofsy, A.M. Michalak. “A multi-year estimate of methane fluxes in Alaska from CARVE atmospheric observations.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1002/2016GB005419, 2016.
- Miller, S.M., R. Commane, A.E. Andrews, J. Benmergui, G. Janssens-Maenhout, J.R. Melton, A.M. Michalak, C. Sweeney, D.E.J. Worthy. “Evaluation of wetland methane emissions across North America using atmospheric data and inverse modeling.” Biogeosciences, doi:10.5194/bg-13-1329-2016, 2016.
- Hu, L., S.A. Montzka, B.R. Miller, A.E. Andrews, J.B. Miller, S. Lehman, C. Sweeney, S.M. Miller, K. Thoning, C. Siso, E.L. Atlas, D.R. Blake, J. de Gouw, G. Dutton, J.W. Elkins, B. Hall, H. Chen, M.L. Fischer, M.E. Mountain, T. Nehrkorn, S.C. Biraud, F.L. Moore, P. Tans. “Continued emissions of carbon tetrachloride from the U.S. nearly two decades after its phase-out for dispersive uses.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), doi:10.1073/pnas.1522284113, 2016.
- Miller, S.M., M.N. Hayek, A.E. Andrews, I. Fung, J. Liu. “Biases in atmospheric CO2 estimates from correlated meteorology modeling errors.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi:10.5194/acp-15-2903-2015, 2015.
- Hu, L., S. Montzka, J. Miller, A. Andrews, S. Lehman, B. Miller, K. Thoning, C. Sweeney, H. Chen, D. Godwin, K. Masarie, L. Bruwiler, M. Fischer, S. Biraud, M. Torn, M. Mountain, T. Nehrkorn, J. Eluszkiewicz, S.M. Miller, R. Draxler, A. Stein, B. Hall, J. Elkins, P. Tans. “U.S. emissions of HFC-134a derived for 2008-2012 from an extensive flask-air sampling network.” Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, doi:10.1002/2014JD022617, 2015.
- Xiang, B., P.K. Patra, S.A. Montzka, S.M. Miller, J.W. Elkins, F.L. Moore, E.L. Atlas, B.R. Miller, R.F. Weiss, R.G. Prinn, S.C. Wofsy. “Global Emissions of Refrigerants HCFC-22 and HFC-134a: Unforeseen Seasonal Contributions.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), doi:10.1073/pnas.1417372111, 2014.
- Miller, S.M., A.M. Michalak, S.C. Wofsy. “Linking methane emissions inventories with atmospheric observations.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), doi:10.1073/pnas.1401703111, 2014.
- Miller, S.M., D.E.J. Worthy, A.M. Michalak, S.C. Wofsy, E.A. Kort, T.C. Havice, A.E. Andrews, E.J. Dlugokencky, J.O. Kaplan, P.J. Levi, H. Tian, B. Zhang. “Observational constraints on the distribution, seasonality, and environmental predictors of North American boreal methane emissions.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1002/2013GB004580, 2014.
- Miller, S.M., A.M. Michalak, P.J. Levi. “Atmospheric inverse modeling with known physical bounds: an example from trace gas emissions.” Geoscientific Model Development, doi: 10.5194/gmd-7-303-2014, 2014.
- Miller, S.M., S.C. Wofsy, A.M. Michalak, E.A. Kort, A.E. Andrews, S.C. Biraud, E.J. Dlugokencky, J. Eluszkiewicz, M.L. Fischer, G. Janssens-Maenhout, B.R. Miller, J.B. Miller, S.A. Montzka, T. Nehrkorn, C. Sweeney. “Anthropogenic emissions of methane in the US.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), doi:10.1073/pnas.1314392110, 2013.
- Kim, S.Y., D.B. Millet, L. Hu, M.J. Mohr, T.J. Griffis, D. Wen, J.C. Lin, S.M. Miller, M. Longo. “Constraints on carbon monoxide emissions in the United States based on tall tower measurements.” Environmental Science & Technology, doi:10.1021/es4009486, 2013.
- Simonin, K.A., P. Link, D. Rempe, S.M. Miller, J. Oshun, C. Bode, W.E. Dietrich, I. Fung, T.E. Dawson. “Vegetation induced changes in the stable isotope composition of near surface humidity.” Ecohydrology, doi:10.1002/eco.1420, 2013.
- Xiang, B., S.M. Miller, E.A. Kort, G.W. Santoni, B.C. Daube, R. Commane, W.M. Angevine, T.B. Ryerson, M.K. Trainer, A.E. Andrews, T. Nehrkorn, H. Tian, S.C. Wofsy. “Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions from California based on 2010 CalNex Airborne Measurements.” Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50189, 2013.
- Miller, S.M., Kort, E.A., A.I. Hirsch, E.J. Dlugokencky, A.E. Andrews, X. Xu, H. Tian, T. Nehrkorn, J. Eluszkiewicz, A. M. Michalak, S.C. Wofsy. “Regional sources of nitrous oxide over the United States: Seasonal variation and spatial distribution.” Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2011JD016951, 2012.
- Miller, S.M., D.M. Matross, A.E. Andrews, D.B. Millet, M. Longo, E.W. Gottlieb, A.I. Hirsch, C. Gerbig, J.C. Lin, B.C. Daube, R.C. Hudman, P.L.S. Dias, V.Y. Chow, S.C. Wofsy. “Sources of carbon monoxide and formaldehyde in North America determined from high-resolution atmospheric data.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi:10.5194/acp-8-7673-2008, 2008.
Header photo caption: Mixed hardwood forest near a NOAA long term greenhouse gas monitoring site in Argyle, Maine. Credit: Scot Miller.