Data Assimilation to the Primitive Equations in $H^2$

Abstract

In this paper we prove that the solution to the primitive equations is predicted by the corresponding data assimilation(DA) equations in $H^2$. Although, the DA equation does not include the direct information about the base solution and its initial conditions, the solution to the DA equation exponentially convergence to the base(original) solution when the external forces are known even before they are observed. Additionally, when the external force is not completely known but its spatially dense observations are available, then the DA is stable, $i.e.$ the DA solution lies in a sufficiently small neighborhood of the base solution.