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Functions to generate probabilistic estimates of annual accumulation from ice-penetrating radar without the need for manual layer selection or correction
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MC simulations on layer group assignments #16

Closed durbank closed 5 years ago

durbank commented 5 years ago

Reviewer 3 notes

Lns 31-40 (2nd column): This ``hard assignment'' of peaks to layers seems to be a key reason for failures of the overall algorithm, due to things like estimated layer boundaries jumping between actual layers. I wonder if you considered a probabilistic approach here as well? In other words, why not use Monte Carlo simulations to create the layer boundaries, before the round of MC simulations already proposed?

This is an interesting idea that I would like to explore. I worry though that such a method would not be computationally tractable in an appropriate timeframe. The layer group assignment is by far the most computationally intensive portion of the method, so repeating many times over may not be feasible. Still an interesting idea worth investigating.

durbank commented 5 years ago

This is outside of our current scope of interest. We may return to this at a later date, but no current plans to address this.