Enhanced systems and methods for observing, measuring, and controlling emissions

1 . A control method, wherein:

the method comprises the steps of:

receiving, from a first measurement instrument, environmental response input information from at least a first time and from at least a first location;

receiving, from a second measurement instrument, environmental driver input information wherein the environmental driver input information comprises at least one of:

space-varying environmental driver input information from at least the first time and from a plurality of locations wherein the plurality of locations comprises at least the first location; or

time-varying environmental driver input information from at least the first location and from a plurality of times wherein the plurality of times comprises at least the first time;

combining the environmental response input information and the environmental driver input information into a space and time aligned data set that relates time information, location information, the environmental response input information, and the environmental driver input information;

using the space and time aligned data set to generate a driver-response relationship model, wherein:

the driver-response relationship model comprises driver-response information in a Eulerian coordinate representation; and

generating the driver-response relationship model via a Lagrangian-to-Eulerian deconvolution, wherein said Lagrangian-to-Eulerian deconvolution is responsive to time information, location information, the environmental response input information from the first measurement instrument, and the environmental driver input information from the second measurement instrument; and

applying the driver-response relationship model to the environmental driver input information to produce enhanced environmental response output information wherein:

the enhanced environmental response output information is responsive to the driver-response relationship model;

the enhanced environmental response output information has been improved from the environmental response input information in at least one of the following ways:

the enhanced environmental response output information has improved accuracy;

the enhanced environmental response output information has improved precision;

the enhanced environmental response output information comprises a greater time resolution, time extent, or time coverage; or

the enhanced environmental response output information comprises a greater space resolution, space extent, or space coverage in one-dimensional, two-dimensional, or three-dimensional space; and

the control method controls:

an industrial leak;

a valve in a pipeline;

a water valve in an irrigation system; or

a recording of a value in a ledger,

by using the enhanced environmental response output information.

2 . The control method of claim 1 wherein:

the method further comprises a step of looking up an external agent in a list; and

the method is configured to control the recording of the value in the ledger through the external agent.

3 . The control method of claim 1 wherein:

the method is configured to control the valve in the pipeline.

4 . The control method of claim 1 wherein:

the method further comprises a step of looking up an external agent in a list; and

the method is configured to control the water valve in the irrigation system through the external agent.

5 . The control method of claim 1 wherein:

the method is configured to control the recording of the value in the ledger.

6 . The control method of claim 1 , wherein:

the method is further configured to control the industrial leak in response to an external agent; and

the external agent is responsive to the enhanced environmental response output information to control the industrial leak.

7 . The control method of claim 1 , wherein:

the method is configured to control the recording of the value in the ledger in response to the enhanced environmental response output information;

the ledger comprises an individual list of transactions for accounting purposes;

the value in the ledger comprises a quantity of a greenhouse gas emission selected from the group of:

carbon dioxide;

methane; and

nitrous oxide; and

the method is further configured to control the emission quantity of a tradeable certificate in response to the value in the ledger.

8 . The control method of claim 1 wherein:

the first measurement instrument comprises an anemometer; and

the second measurement instrument comprises a gas analyzer.

9 . A method for controlling a system, wherein:

the method controls:

an industrial leak;

a valve in a pipeline;

a water valve in an irrigation system; or

a ledger;

the method comprises the steps of:

receiving, in a first step, environmental response input information from at least a first time and from at least a first location, wherein the environmental response information is received from a first measurement instrument;

receiving, in a second step and from a second measurement instrument, environmental driver input information wherein the environmental driver input information comprises at least one of:

space-varying environmental driver input information from at least the first time and from a plurality of locations wherein the plurality of locations comprises at least the first location; or

time-varying environmental driver input information from at least the first location and from a plurality of times wherein the plurality of times comprises at least the first time;

combining, in a third step, the environmental response input information and the environmental driver input information into a space and time aligned data set that relates time information, location information, the environmental response input information, and the environmental driver input information;

generating, in a fourth step, a driver-response relationship model in response to the space and time aligned data set; and

using a Lagrangian-to-Eulerian deconvolution in the third step or the fourth step to generate the driver-response relationship model; and

controlling

the industrial leak;

the valve in the pipeline;

the water valve in the irrigation system; or

the ledger,

by applying the driver-response relationship model.

10 . The method of claim 9 wherein:

the environmental driver information comprises methane concentration;

the method controls the valve in the pipeline.

11 . The method of claim 9 wherein:

the method controls a value of a tradeable certificate in the ledger.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the method further comprises the steps of:

generating environmental response influence weights in response to the environmental response input information, wherein the environmental response influence weights comprise a relative contribution of a plurality of locations on a Eulerian surface;

generating environmental driver influence weights in response to the environmental driver input information, wherein the environmental driver influence weights comprise the relative contribution of the plurality of locations on the Eulerian surface; and

generating the driver-response relationship model is responsive to the environmental response influence weights and the environmental driver influence weights.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the space and time aligned data set comprises data in a Eulerian coordinate representation; and

the space and time aligned data set comprises:

time information;

a minimum of two spatial coordinate fields, wherein the spatial coordinate fields comprise information expressed in orthogonal cartesian coordinates;

environmental responses in a Eulerian coordinate representation; and

environmental drivers in a Eulerian coordinate representation.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the space and time aligned data set comprises data in a Lagrangian coordinate representation;

the method further comprises using the Lagrangian-to-Eulerian deconvolution in the fourth step to generate the driver-response relationship model; and

the driver-response relationship model comprises driver-response information in a Eulerian coordinate representation.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the method further comprises a step of looking up an external agent in a list;

the method is configured to control a recording in the ledger through the external agent;

the ledger comprises an individual list of transactions for accounting purposes; and

the recording in the ledger comprises a quantity of a greenhouse gas emission selected from the group of:

carbon dioxide;

methane; and

nitrous oxide.

16 . The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the method is configured to control a recording in the ledger in response to the driver response relationship model; and

the method is configured to control the emission quantity of a tradable carbon credit certificate in response to the recording in the ledger.

17 . A control system, comprising:

a first measurement instrument configured for receiving environmental response input information at a first time and from a first location;

a second measurement instrument configured for receiving environmental driver input information, wherein the environmental driver input information comprises at least one of:

space-varying environmental driver input information from at least the first time and from a plurality of locations wherein the plurality of locations comprises at least the first location; or

time-varying environmental driver input information from at least the first location and from a plurality of times wherein the plurality of times comprises at least the first time; wherein the control system

combines the environmental response input information and the environmental driver input information to produce a space and time aligned data set that relates time information, location information, the environmental response input information, and the environmental driver input information; and

generates a driver-response relationship model in response to the space and time aligned data set;

the driver-response relationship model comprises driver-response information in a Eulerian coordinate representation that has been deconvolved from a Lagrangian coordinate representation; and

the control system controls:

an industrial leak;

a valve in a pipeline;

a water valve in an irrigation system; or

a transaction in a ledger,

by using the driver-response relationship model.

18 . The control system of claim 17 wherein:

the driver-response relationship model is generated in response to environmental response influence weights;

the environmental response influence weights are responsive to the environmental response input information;

the environmental response influence weights comprise a relative contribution of a plurality of locations on a Eulerian surface.

19 . The control system of claim 17 wherein:

the control system is configured for controlling the transaction in the ledger in response to the driver-response relationship model;

the ledger comprises an individual list of transactions for accounting purposes;

the transaction in the ledger comprises a quantity of a greenhouse gas emission selected from the group of:

carbon dioxide;

methane; and

nitrous oxide; and

the control system is further configured to control the emission quantity of a tradeable certificate in response to the transaction in the ledger.

20 . The control system of claim 17 wherein:

the space and time aligned data set comprises data in a Lagrangian coordinate representation;

the driver-response relationship model has been deconvolved from the space and time aligned data set that is in said Lagrangian coordinate representation.