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Parameter estimation in the stochastic superparameterization of two-layer quasigeostrophic flows

Estimation of subgrid-scale modeling parameters in the stochastic superparameterization of two-layer quasigeostrophic turbulence

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Geophysical turbulence has a wide range of spatiotemporal scales that requires a multiscale prediction model for efficient and fast simulations. Stochastic parameterization is a class of multiscale methods that approximates the large-scale behaviors of the turbulent system without relying on scale separation. In the stochastic parameterization of unresolved subgrid-scale dynamics, there are several modeling parameters to be determined by tuning or fitting to data. We propose a strategy to estimate the modeling parameters in the stochastic parameterization of geostrophic turbulent systems. The main idea of the proposed approach is to generate data in a spatiotemporally local domain and use physical/statistical information to estimate the modeling parameters. In particular, we focus on the estimation of modeling parameters in the stochastic superparameterization, a variant of the stochastic parameterization framework, for an idealized model of synoptic scale turbulence in the atmosphere and oceans. The test regimes considered in this study include strong and moderate turbulence with complicated patterns of waves, jets, and vortices.

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The author would like to thank Andrew J. Majda and Bjorn Engquist for their comments and encouragement that made this work possible.

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Lee, Y. Parameter estimation in the stochastic superparameterization of two-layer quasigeostrophic flows. Res Math Sci 7, 14 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40687-020-00213-8

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