Spectral diagonal ensemble Kalman filters

Autor: I. Kasanický, J. Mandel, M. Vejmelka
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Vol 22, Iss 4, Pp 485-497 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1023-5809
1607-7946
DOI: 10.5194/npg-22-485-2015
Popis: A new type of ensemble Kalman filter is developed, which is based on replacing the sample covariance in the analysis step by its diagonal in a spectral basis. It is proved that this technique improves the approximation of the covariance when the covariance itself is diagonal in the spectral basis, as is the case, e.g., for a second-order stationary random field and the Fourier basis. The method is extended by wavelets to the case when the state variables are random fields which are not spatially homogeneous. Efficient implementations by the fast Fourier transform (FFT) and discrete wavelet transform (DWT) are presented for several types of observations, including high-dimensional data given on a part of the domain, such as radar and satellite images. Computational experiments confirm that the method performs well on the Lorenz 96 problem and the shallow water equations with very small ensembles and over multiple analysis cycles.
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