IMI 2.1.0 - expected April 2025

Feature Developer(s)
Automatic ensemble generation for uncertainty calculation Lucas Estrada (Harvard)
Independent validation of the IMI using NOAA Observation Package (ObsPack) data Melissa Sulprizio (Harvard)
James East (Harvard)
Breakdown of sectoral emissions in plots John Thomas (Harvard)
Minor bug fixes

IMI 2.2.0 - expected May 2025

Feature Developer(s)
Enable inversions at 12-km resolution Xiaolin Wang (Harvard)
Melissa Sulprizio (Harvard)
Update to GEOS-Chem 14.6.0, which includes:
  • Mass conservation fix in mixing scheme
  • Add seasonality for hydropower reservoir emissions
  • Fix for double counting of agricultural burning emissions
  • Update rice emissions to GRPI
  • Update to GFEI v3 emissions
Melissa Sulprizio (Harvard)

Looking Forward

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Feature Developer(s)
Near-real-time / low-latency capability Lucas Estrada (Harvard)
Automated benchmarking of IMI Melissa Sulprizio (Harvard)
Use GEOS-Chem carbon simulation instead of the CH4 simulation
  • Single species or joint carbon (CO2, CO, CH4, OCS) simulations
  • Step toward expanding the IMI into the Integrated Carbon Inversion (ICI)
Melissa Sulprizio (Harvard)
Incorporation of point sources James East (Harvard)
Regional BC error diagnostic Hannah Nesser (NASA JPL)
ObsPack observation operator TBD
Integration of MethaneSAT data into the IMI Jack Bruno (Harvard)
Extend the IMI to CO2
  • Options for OCO-2/3, GOSAT-GW, CO2M
  • IMI will be renamed to Integrated Carbon Inversion (ICI)
Hannah Nesser (NASA JPL)
Enable GEOS-Chem High Performance (GCHP) in the IMI Dandan Zhang (Harvard)