Bayesian inference for geophysical fluid dynamics using generative models

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Main Authors: Lobbe, Alexander, Crisan, Dan, Lang, Oana
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Published: 2024
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author Lobbe, Alexander
Crisan, Dan
Lang, Oana
author_facet Lobbe, Alexander
Crisan, Dan
Lang, Oana
contents Data assimilation plays a crucial role in numerical modeling, enabling the integration of real-world observations into mathematical models to enhance the accuracy and predictive capabilities of simulations. This approach is widely applied in fields such as meteorology, oceanography, and environmental science, where the dynamic nature of systems demands continuous updates to model states. However, the calibration of models in these high-dimensional, nonlinear systems poses significant challenges. In this paper, we explore a novel calibration methodology using diffusion generative models. We generate synthetic data that statistically aligns with a given set of observations (in this case the increments of the numerical approximation of a solution of a partial differential equation). This allows us to efficiently implement a model reduction and assimilate data from a reference system state modeled by a highly resolved numerical solution of the rotating shallow water equation of order 104 degrees of freedom into a stochastic system having two orders of magnitude less degrees of freedom. To do so, the new samples are incorporated into a particle filtering methodology augmented with tempering and jittering for dynamic state estimation, a method particularly suited for handling complex and multimodal distributions. This work demonstrates how generative models can be used to improve the predictive accuracy for particle filters, providing a more computationally efficient solution for data assimilation and model calibration.
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spellingShingle Bayesian inference for geophysical fluid dynamics using generative models
Lobbe, Alexander
Crisan, Dan
Lang, Oana
Numerical Analysis
Dynamical Systems
68T05, 76M35
Data assimilation plays a crucial role in numerical modeling, enabling the integration of real-world observations into mathematical models to enhance the accuracy and predictive capabilities of simulations. This approach is widely applied in fields such as meteorology, oceanography, and environmental science, where the dynamic nature of systems demands continuous updates to model states. However, the calibration of models in these high-dimensional, nonlinear systems poses significant challenges. In this paper, we explore a novel calibration methodology using diffusion generative models. We generate synthetic data that statistically aligns with a given set of observations (in this case the increments of the numerical approximation of a solution of a partial differential equation). This allows us to efficiently implement a model reduction and assimilate data from a reference system state modeled by a highly resolved numerical solution of the rotating shallow water equation of order 104 degrees of freedom into a stochastic system having two orders of magnitude less degrees of freedom. To do so, the new samples are incorporated into a particle filtering methodology augmented with tempering and jittering for dynamic state estimation, a method particularly suited for handling complex and multimodal distributions. This work demonstrates how generative models can be used to improve the predictive accuracy for particle filters, providing a more computationally efficient solution for data assimilation and model calibration.
title Bayesian inference for geophysical fluid dynamics using generative models
topic Numerical Analysis
Dynamical Systems
68T05, 76M35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04140