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Following data gathering and preprocessing, Bayesian machine learning implemented with Markov chain Monte Carlo methods is performed to tackle two tasks: flaring time series analysis and distribution approximation. They help further understanding of the flaring profiles and reporting qualities, which are important for decision\/policy making. First, although fraught with measurement and estimation errors, the time series provide insights into flaring approaches and characteristics. Gaussian processes are successful in inferring the latent flaring trends. Second, distribution approximation is achieved by unsupervised learning. The negative binomial and Gaussian mixture models are utilized to describe the distributions of field flare count and volume, respectively. Finally, a nearest-neighbor-based approach for company level flared volume allocation is developed. Potential discrepancies are spotted between the company reported and the remotely sensed flaring profiles.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13050941","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,3]],"date-time":"2021-03-03T20:33:57Z","timestamp":1614803637000},"page":"941","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Learning from Nighttime Observations of Gas Flaring in North Dakota for Better Decision and Policy Making"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5473-7345","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rong","family":"Lu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Petroleum Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6880-883X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jennifer L.","family":"Miskimins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Petroleum Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA"}]},{"given":"Mikhail","family":"Zhizhin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth Observation Group, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA"},{"name":"Russian Space Research Institute, 117997 Moscow, Russia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"106630","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tej.2019.106630","article-title":"Distributional Impacts of the North Dakota Gas Flaring Policy","volume":"32","author":"Srivastava","year":"2019","journal-title":"Electr. 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