Data Assimilation in Large Eddy Simulation: Addressing Model-Observation Mismatch from Navier-Stokes Data

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Main Authors: Larios, Adam, Pakzad, Ali, White, Nicholas
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author Larios, Adam
Pakzad, Ali
White, Nicholas
author_facet Larios, Adam
Pakzad, Ali
White, Nicholas
contents In atmospheric and turbulent flow modeling, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is often used to reduce computational cost, while observational data typically originates from the underlying physical system. Motivated by this setting, we study a continuous data assimilation (CDA) algorithm applied to a Smagorinsky/Ladyzhenskaya-type LES model, in which the observational data is generated from the full Navier--Stokes equations (NSE). In the two-dimensional setting, we establish global well-posedness of the assimilated system and prove exponential convergence to the true solution, up to an error of order $\barν^{1/2}$, where $\barν$ is the turbulence viscosity parameter. In addition to rigorous analysis in 2D, we provide numerical simulations in both 2D domains with physical boundary conditions and 3D periodic domains, demonstrating effective synchronization in these cases, and corroborating our theoretical predictions.
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spellingShingle Data Assimilation in Large Eddy Simulation: Addressing Model-Observation Mismatch from Navier-Stokes Data
Larios, Adam
Pakzad, Ali
White, Nicholas
Analysis of PDEs
Fluid Dynamics
35Q30, 76F65, 93E11, 35K55, 76D05, 35B40
In atmospheric and turbulent flow modeling, Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is often used to reduce computational cost, while observational data typically originates from the underlying physical system. Motivated by this setting, we study a continuous data assimilation (CDA) algorithm applied to a Smagorinsky/Ladyzhenskaya-type LES model, in which the observational data is generated from the full Navier--Stokes equations (NSE). In the two-dimensional setting, we establish global well-posedness of the assimilated system and prove exponential convergence to the true solution, up to an error of order $\barν^{1/2}$, where $\barν$ is the turbulence viscosity parameter. In addition to rigorous analysis in 2D, we provide numerical simulations in both 2D domains with physical boundary conditions and 3D periodic domains, demonstrating effective synchronization in these cases, and corroborating our theoretical predictions.
title Data Assimilation in Large Eddy Simulation: Addressing Model-Observation Mismatch from Navier-Stokes Data
topic Analysis of PDEs
Fluid Dynamics
35Q30, 76F65, 93E11, 35K55, 76D05, 35B40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07492