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Title: Ensemble Kalman filter updates based on regularized sparse inverse Cholesky factors
Abstract The ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is a popular technique for data assimilation in high-dimensional nonlinear state-space models. The EnKF represents distributions of interest by an ensemble, which is a form of dimension reduction that enables straightforward forecasting even for complicated and expensive evolution operators. However, the EnKF update step involves estimation of the forecast covariance matrix based on the (often small) ensemble, which requires regularization. Many existing regularization techniques rely on spatial localization, which may ignore long-range dependence. Instead, our proposed approach assumes a sparse Cholesky factor of the inverse covariance matrix, and the nonzero Cholesky entries are further regularized. The resulting method is highly flexible and computationally scalable. In our numerical experiments, our approach was more accurate and less sensitive to misspecification of tuning parameters than tapering-based localization.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1934904 1953005 1654083
NSF-PAR ID:
10277276
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Monthly Weather Review
ISSN:
0027-0644
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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