Predictability of weakly turbulent systems from spatially sparse observations using data assimilation and machine learning

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Gupta, Vikrant, Chen, Yuanqing, Wan, Minping
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2024
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866910527119163392
author Gupta, Vikrant
Chen, Yuanqing
Wan, Minping
author_facet Gupta, Vikrant
Chen, Yuanqing
Wan, Minping
contents We apply two data assimilation (DA) methods, a smoother and a filter, and a model-free machine learning (ML) shallow network to forecast two weakly turbulent systems. We analyse the effect of the spatial sparsity of observations on accuracy of the predictions obtained from these data-driven methods. Based on the results, we divide the spatial sparsity levels in three zones. First is the good-predictions zone in which both DA and ML methods work. We find that in the good-predictions zone the observations remain dense enough to accurately capture the fractal manifold of the system's dynamics, which is measured using the correlation dimension. The accuracy of the DA methods in this zone remains almost as good as for full-resolution observations. Second is the reasonable-predictions zone in which the DA methods still work but at reduced prediction accuracy. Third is the bad-predictions zone in which even the DA methods fail. We find that the sparsity level up to which the DA methods work is almost the same up to which chaos synchronisation of these systems can be achieved. The main implications of these results are that they (i) firmly establish the spatial resolution up to which the data-driven methods can be utilised, (ii) provide measures to determine if adding more sensors will improve the predictions, and (iii) quantify the advantage (in terms of the required measurement resolution) of using the governing equations within data-driven methods. We also discuss the applicability of these results to fully developed turbulence.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2407_10088
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Predictability of weakly turbulent systems from spatially sparse observations using data assimilation and machine learning
Gupta, Vikrant
Chen, Yuanqing
Wan, Minping
Fluid Dynamics
We apply two data assimilation (DA) methods, a smoother and a filter, and a model-free machine learning (ML) shallow network to forecast two weakly turbulent systems. We analyse the effect of the spatial sparsity of observations on accuracy of the predictions obtained from these data-driven methods. Based on the results, we divide the spatial sparsity levels in three zones. First is the good-predictions zone in which both DA and ML methods work. We find that in the good-predictions zone the observations remain dense enough to accurately capture the fractal manifold of the system's dynamics, which is measured using the correlation dimension. The accuracy of the DA methods in this zone remains almost as good as for full-resolution observations. Second is the reasonable-predictions zone in which the DA methods still work but at reduced prediction accuracy. Third is the bad-predictions zone in which even the DA methods fail. We find that the sparsity level up to which the DA methods work is almost the same up to which chaos synchronisation of these systems can be achieved. The main implications of these results are that they (i) firmly establish the spatial resolution up to which the data-driven methods can be utilised, (ii) provide measures to determine if adding more sensors will improve the predictions, and (iii) quantify the advantage (in terms of the required measurement resolution) of using the governing equations within data-driven methods. We also discuss the applicability of these results to fully developed turbulence.
title Predictability of weakly turbulent systems from spatially sparse observations using data assimilation and machine learning
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10088