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Symplectic integration of PDEs using Clebsch variables
Numerical efficacy study of data assimilation for the 2D magnetohydrodynamic equations
1. | University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21055, USA |
2. | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA |
3. | Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA |
We study the computational efficiency of several nudging data assimilation algorithms for the 2D magnetohydrodynamic equations, using varying amounts and types of data. We find that the algorithms work with much less resolution in the data than required by the rigorous estimates in [
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Downscaling the 2D Bénard convection equations using continuous data assimilation, Comput. Geosci., 21 (2017), 393-410.
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Continuous data assimilation using general interpolant observables, J. Nonlinear Sci., 24 (2014), 277-304.
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Continuous data assimilation with stochastically noisy data, Nonlinearity, 28 (2015), 729-753.
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A. Biswas, C. Foias, C. F. Mondaini and E. S. Titi,
Downscaling data assimilation algorithm with applications to statistical solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations, Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Anal. Non Linéaire, 36 (2019), 295-326.
doi: 10.1016/j.anihpc.2018.05.004. |
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A. Biswas, J. Hudson, A. Larios and Y. Pei,
Continuous data assimilation for the 2D magnetohydrodynamic equations using one component of the velocity and magnetic fields, Asymptot. Anal., 108 (2018), 1-43.
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Spectral Filtering of Interpolant Observables for a Discrete-in-Time Downscaling Data Assimilation Algorithm, SIAM J. Appl. Dyn. Syst., 18 (2019), 1118-1142.
doi: 10.1137/18M1218480. |
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Relations between energy and enstrophy on the global attractor of the 2-d Navier-Stokes equations, J. Dynamics Differential Equations, 17 (2005), 643-736.
doi: 10.1007/s10884-005-8269-6. |
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Assimilation of nearly turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard flow through vorticity or local circulation measurements: a computational study, J. Sci. Comput., 77 (2018), 1519-1533.
doi: 10.1007/s10915-018-0686-x. |
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A. Farhat, M. S. Jolly and E. S. Titi,
Continuous data assimilation for the 2D Bénard convection through velocity measurements alone, Phys. D, 303 (2015), 59-66.
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Abridged continuous data assimilation for the 2D Navier–Stokes equations utilizing measurements of only one component of the velocity field, J. Math. Fluid Mech., 18 (2016), 1-23.
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A. Farhat, E. Lunasin and E. S. Titi,
Data assimilation algorithm for 3D Bénard convection in porous media employing only temperature measurements, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 438 (2016), 492-506.
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A. Farhat, E. Lunasin and E. S. Titi, On the Charney conjecture of data assimilation employing temperature measurements alone: The paradigm of 3d planetary geostrophic model, arXiv: 1608.04770. Google Scholar |
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A. Farhat, E. Lunasin and E. S. Titi,
Continuous data assimilation for a 2D Bénard convection system through horizontal velocity measurements alone, J. Nonlinear Sci., 27 (2017), 1065-1087.
doi: 10.1007/s00332-017-9360-y. |
[20] |
M. Gesho, E. Olson and E. S. Titi,
A computational study of a data assimilation algorithm for the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations, Commun. Comput. Phys., 19 (2016), 1094-1110.
doi: 10.4208/cicp.060515.161115a. |
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M. Ghil, M. Halem and R. Atlas, Time-continuous assimilation of remote-sounding data and its effect on weather forecasting, Mon. Wea. Rev., 107 (1978), 140-171. Google Scholar |
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K. Hayden, E. Olson and E. S. Titi,
Discrete data assimilation in the Lorenz and 2D Navier-Stokes equations, Phys. D, 240 (2011), 1416-1425.
doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2011.04.021. |
[23] |
A. Jackson, A. R. T. Jonkers and M. R. Walker,
Four centuries of geomagnetic secular variation from historical records, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., 358 (2000), 957-990.
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M. S. Jolly, V. R. Martinez and E. S. Titi,
A data assimilation algorithm for the subcritical surface quasi-geostrophic equation, Adv. Nonlinear Stud., 17 (2017), 167-192.
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M. S. Jolly, T. Sadigov and E. S. Titi,
Determining form and data assimilation algorithm for weakly damped and driven Korteweg–de Vries equation—Fourier modes case, Nonlinear Anal. Real World Appl., 36 (2017), 287-317.
doi: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2017.01.010. |
[26] |
A. R. T. Jonkers, A. Jackson and A. Murray, Four centuries of geomagnetic data from historical records, Rev. Geophys., 41. Google Scholar |
[27] |
A. Larios and Y. Pei, Nonlinear continuous data assimilation, arXiv: 1703.03546. Google Scholar |
[28] |
D. Leunberger,
An introduction to observers, IEEE Trans. Automat. Control, 16 (1971), 596-602.
doi: 10.1109/TAC.1971.1099826. |
[29] |
P. A. Markowich, E. S. Titi and S. Trabelsi,
Continuous data assimilation for the three-dimensional Brinkman–Forchheimer-extended Darcy model, Nonlinearity, 29 (2016), 1292-1328.
doi: 10.1088/0951-7715/29/4/1292. |
[30] |
E. Olson and E. S. Titi, Determining modes for continuous data assimilation in 2D turbulence, J. Statist. Phys., 113 (2003), 799–840, Progress in statistical hydrodynamics (Santa Fe, NM, 2002).
doi: 10.1023/A:1027312703252. |
[31] |
S. Reich and C. Cotter, Probabilistic Forecasting and Bayesian Data Assimilation, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2015.
doi: 10.1017/CBO9781107706804.![]() ![]() |
[32] |
F. E. Thau,
Observing the state of non-linear dynamic systems, Int. J. Control, 17 (1973), 471-479.
doi: 10.1080/00207177308932395. |
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References:
[1] |
D. A. Albanez, H. J. Nussenzveig Lopes and E. S. Titi,
Continuous data assimilation for the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes-$\alpha$ model, Asymptotic Anal., 97 (2016), 139-164.
doi: 10.3233/ASY-151351. |
[2] |
M. U. Altaf, E. S. Titi, T. Gebrael, O. M. Knio, L. Zhao, M. F. McCabe and I. Hoteit,
Downscaling the 2D Bénard convection equations using continuous data assimilation, Comput. Geosci., 21 (2017), 393-410.
doi: 10.1007/s10596-017-9619-2. |
[3] |
A. Azouani, E. Olson and E. S. Titi,
Continuous data assimilation using general interpolant observables, J. Nonlinear Sci., 24 (2014), 277-304.
doi: 10.1007/s00332-013-9189-y. |
[4] |
A. Azouani and E. S. Titi,
Feedback control of nonlinear dissipative systems by finite determining parameters—a reaction-diffusion paradigm, Evol. Equ. Control Theory, 3 (2014), 579-594.
doi: 10.3934/eect.2014.3.579. |
[5] |
H. Bessaih, E. Olson and E. S. Titi,
Continuous data assimilation with stochastically noisy data, Nonlinearity, 28 (2015), 729-753.
doi: 10.1088/0951-7715/28/3/729. |
[6] |
A. Biswas, C. Foias, C. F. Mondaini and E. S. Titi,
Downscaling data assimilation algorithm with applications to statistical solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations, Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Anal. Non Linéaire, 36 (2019), 295-326.
doi: 10.1016/j.anihpc.2018.05.004. |
[7] |
A. Biswas, J. Hudson, A. Larios and Y. Pei,
Continuous data assimilation for the 2D magnetohydrodynamic equations using one component of the velocity and magnetic fields, Asymptot. Anal., 108 (2018), 1-43.
|
[8] |
K. J. Burns, G. M. Vasil, J. S. Oishi, D. Lecoanet and B. Brown, Dedalus: Flexible framework for spectrally solving differential equations, Astrophysics Source Code Library, 2016. Google Scholar |
[9] |
E. Celik, E. Olson and E. S. Titi,
Spectral Filtering of Interpolant Observables for a Discrete-in-Time Downscaling Data Assimilation Algorithm, SIAM J. Appl. Dyn. Syst., 18 (2019), 1118-1142.
doi: 10.1137/18M1218480. |
[10] |
J. Charney, M. Halem and R. Jastrow,
Use of incomplete historical data to infer the present state of the atmosphere, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 26 (1969), 1160-1163.
doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1969)026<1160:UOIHDT>2.0.CO;2. |
[11] |
R. Dascaliuc, C. Foias and M. Jolly,
Relations between energy and enstrophy on the global attractor of the 2-d Navier-Stokes equations, J. Dynamics Differential Equations, 17 (2005), 643-736.
doi: 10.1007/s10884-005-8269-6. |
[12] |
D. Drake, C. Kletzing, F. Skiff, G. Howes and S. Vincena, Design and use of an Elsässer probe for analysis of Alfén wave field according to wave direction, The Review of Scientific Instruments, 82 (2011), 103505. Google Scholar |
[13] |
G. Evensen, Data Assimilation, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2009, The ensemble Kalman filter.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-03711-5. |
[14] |
A. Farhat, H. Johnston, M. Jolly and E. S. Titi,
Assimilation of nearly turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard flow through vorticity or local circulation measurements: a computational study, J. Sci. Comput., 77 (2018), 1519-1533.
doi: 10.1007/s10915-018-0686-x. |
[15] |
A. Farhat, M. S. Jolly and E. S. Titi,
Continuous data assimilation for the 2D Bénard convection through velocity measurements alone, Phys. D, 303 (2015), 59-66.
doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2015.03.011. |
[16] |
A. Farhat, E. Lunasin and E. S. Titi,
Abridged continuous data assimilation for the 2D Navier–Stokes equations utilizing measurements of only one component of the velocity field, J. Math. Fluid Mech., 18 (2016), 1-23.
doi: 10.1007/s00021-015-0225-6. |
[17] |
A. Farhat, E. Lunasin and E. S. Titi,
Data assimilation algorithm for 3D Bénard convection in porous media employing only temperature measurements, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 438 (2016), 492-506.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2016.01.072. |
[18] |
A. Farhat, E. Lunasin and E. S. Titi, On the Charney conjecture of data assimilation employing temperature measurements alone: The paradigm of 3d planetary geostrophic model, arXiv: 1608.04770. Google Scholar |
[19] |
A. Farhat, E. Lunasin and E. S. Titi,
Continuous data assimilation for a 2D Bénard convection system through horizontal velocity measurements alone, J. Nonlinear Sci., 27 (2017), 1065-1087.
doi: 10.1007/s00332-017-9360-y. |
[20] |
M. Gesho, E. Olson and E. S. Titi,
A computational study of a data assimilation algorithm for the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations, Commun. Comput. Phys., 19 (2016), 1094-1110.
doi: 10.4208/cicp.060515.161115a. |
[21] |
M. Ghil, M. Halem and R. Atlas, Time-continuous assimilation of remote-sounding data and its effect on weather forecasting, Mon. Wea. Rev., 107 (1978), 140-171. Google Scholar |
[22] |
K. Hayden, E. Olson and E. S. Titi,
Discrete data assimilation in the Lorenz and 2D Navier-Stokes equations, Phys. D, 240 (2011), 1416-1425.
doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2011.04.021. |
[23] |
A. Jackson, A. R. T. Jonkers and M. R. Walker,
Four centuries of geomagnetic secular variation from historical records, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., 358 (2000), 957-990.
doi: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0569. |
[24] |
M. S. Jolly, V. R. Martinez and E. S. Titi,
A data assimilation algorithm for the subcritical surface quasi-geostrophic equation, Adv. Nonlinear Stud., 17 (2017), 167-192.
|
[25] |
M. S. Jolly, T. Sadigov and E. S. Titi,
Determining form and data assimilation algorithm for weakly damped and driven Korteweg–de Vries equation—Fourier modes case, Nonlinear Anal. Real World Appl., 36 (2017), 287-317.
doi: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2017.01.010. |
[26] |
A. R. T. Jonkers, A. Jackson and A. Murray, Four centuries of geomagnetic data from historical records, Rev. Geophys., 41. Google Scholar |
[27] |
A. Larios and Y. Pei, Nonlinear continuous data assimilation, arXiv: 1703.03546. Google Scholar |
[28] |
D. Leunberger,
An introduction to observers, IEEE Trans. Automat. Control, 16 (1971), 596-602.
doi: 10.1109/TAC.1971.1099826. |
[29] |
P. A. Markowich, E. S. Titi and S. Trabelsi,
Continuous data assimilation for the three-dimensional Brinkman–Forchheimer-extended Darcy model, Nonlinearity, 29 (2016), 1292-1328.
doi: 10.1088/0951-7715/29/4/1292. |
[30] |
E. Olson and E. S. Titi, Determining modes for continuous data assimilation in 2D turbulence, J. Statist. Phys., 113 (2003), 799–840, Progress in statistical hydrodynamics (Santa Fe, NM, 2002).
doi: 10.1023/A:1027312703252. |
[31] |
S. Reich and C. Cotter, Probabilistic Forecasting and Bayesian Data Assimilation, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2015.
doi: 10.1017/CBO9781107706804.![]() ![]() |
[32] |
F. E. Thau,
Observing the state of non-linear dynamic systems, Int. J. Control, 17 (1973), 471-479.
doi: 10.1080/00207177308932395. |







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