期刊名称：Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
电子版ISSN：1600-0870
出版年度：2020
卷号：72
期号：1
页码：1-18
DOI：10.1080/16000870.2020.1712938
摘要：This paper introduces a computationally efficient data assimilation scheme based on Gaussian quadrature
filtering that potentially outperforms current methods in data assimilation for moderately nonlinear systems.
Moderately nonlinear systems, in this case, are systems with numerical models with small fourth and higher
derivative terms. Gaussian quadrature filters are a family of filters that make simplifying Gaussian
assumptions about filtering pdfs in order to numerically evaluate the integrals found in Bayesian data
assimilation. These filters are differentiated by the varying quadrature rules to evaluate the arising integrals.
The approach we present, denoted by Assumed Gaussian Reduced (AGR) filter, uses a reduced order version
of the polynomial quadrature first proposed in Ito and Xiong [2000. Gaussian filters for nonlinear filtering
problems. IEEE Trans. Automat. Control. 45, 910–927]. This quadrature uses the properties of Gaussian
distributions to form an effectively higher order method increasing its efficiency. To construct the AGR filter,
this quadrature is used to form a reduced order square-root filter, which will reduce computational costs and
improve numerical robustness. For cases of sufficiently small fourth derivatives of the nonlinear model, we
demonstrate that the AGR filter outperforms ensemble Kalman filters (EnKFs) for a Korteweg-de Vries
model and a Boussinesq model.
