Four-dimensional variational assimilation in the unstable subspace (4DVar-AUS) and the optimal subspace dimension

Details Four-dimensional variational assimilation in the unstable subspace (4DVar-AUS) and the optimal subspace dimension Four-dimensional variational assimilation in the unstable subspace (4DVar-AUS) and the optimal subspace dimension

2009-02-16

arxiv.org/abs/0902.2714v2

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

16 pages, 4 figures

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A key a priori information used in 4DVar is the knowledge of the system's evolution equations. In this paper we propose a method for taking full advantage of the knowledge of the system's dynamical instabilities in order to improve the quality of the analysis. We present an algorithm, four-dimensional variational assimilation in the unstable subspace (4DVar-AUS), that consists in confining in this subspace the increment of the control variable. The existence of an optimal subspace dimension for this confinement is hypothesized. Theoretical arguments in favor of the present approach are supported by numerical experiments in a simple perfect non-linear model scenario. It is found that the RMS analysis error is a function of the dimension N of the subspace where the analysis is confined and is minimum for N approximately equal to the dimension of the unstable and neutral manifold. For all assimilation windows, from 1 to 5 days, 4DVar-AUS performs better than standard 4DVar. In the presence of observational noise, the 4DVar solution, while being closer to the observations, if farther away from the truth. The implementation of 4DVar-AUS does not require the adjoint integration.

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