A Bayesian Inference Model for the Estimation of Time-Dependent Pollutant Emissions

. Source identification methodologies use inverse problems techniques combined with a dispersion model and observational data to estimate relevant source parameters. This work proposes a time-dependent model to estimate source parameters of multiple point releases. The forward problem or dispersion model accounts for the time variation of the wind field using a Fourier series that best fits the wind field time series of the experimental data. The source parameters are estimated by an adaptive Monte Carlo Markov Chain algorithm.