On posterior consistency of data assimilation with Gaussian process priors: the 2D Navier-Stokes equations

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Main Authors: Nickl, Richard, Titi, Edriss S.
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Published: 2023
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author Nickl, Richard
Titi, Edriss S.
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Titi, Edriss S.
contents We consider a non-linear Bayesian data assimilation model for the periodic two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with initial condition modelled by a Gaussian process prior. We show that if the system is updated with sufficiently many discrete noisy measurements of the velocity field, then the posterior distribution eventually concentrates near the ground truth solution of the time evolution equation, and in particular that the initial condition is recovered consistently by the posterior mean vector field. We further show that the convergence rate can in general not be faster than inverse logarithmic in sample size, but describe specific conditions on the initial conditions when faster rates are possible. In the proofs we provide an explicit quantitative estimate for backward uniqueness of solutions of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations.
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spellingShingle On posterior consistency of data assimilation with Gaussian process priors: the 2D Navier-Stokes equations
Nickl, Richard
Titi, Edriss S.
Statistics Theory
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
We consider a non-linear Bayesian data assimilation model for the periodic two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with initial condition modelled by a Gaussian process prior. We show that if the system is updated with sufficiently many discrete noisy measurements of the velocity field, then the posterior distribution eventually concentrates near the ground truth solution of the time evolution equation, and in particular that the initial condition is recovered consistently by the posterior mean vector field. We further show that the convergence rate can in general not be faster than inverse logarithmic in sample size, but describe specific conditions on the initial conditions when faster rates are possible. In the proofs we provide an explicit quantitative estimate for backward uniqueness of solutions of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations.
title On posterior consistency of data assimilation with Gaussian process priors: the 2D Navier-Stokes equations
topic Statistics Theory
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.08136