Uniform in Time Error Estimates for a Finite Element Method Applied to a Downscaling Data Assimilation Algorithm for the Navier--Stokes Equations

In this paper we analyze a finite element method applied to a continuous downscal-ing data assimilation algorithm for the numerical approximation of the two- and three-dimensionalNavier–Stokes equations corresponding to given measurements on a coarse spatial scale. For repre-senting the coarse mesh...

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Autores: García-Archilla, Bosco, Novo, Julia, Titi, Edriss S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/152692
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/152692
https://doi.org/10.1137/19M1246845
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Data assimilation
Downscaling
Navier–Stokes equations
Uniform-in-time error estimates
Mixed finite elements
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Sumario:In this paper we analyze a finite element method applied to a continuous downscal-ing data assimilation algorithm for the numerical approximation of the two- and three-dimensionalNavier–Stokes equations corresponding to given measurements on a coarse spatial scale. For repre-senting the coarse mesh measurements we consider different types of interpolation operators includinga Lagrange interpolant. We obtain uniform-in-time estimates for the error between a finite elementapproximation and the reference solution corresponding to the coarse mesh measurements. We con-sider both the case of a plain Galerkin method and a Galerkin method with grad-div stabilization.For the stabilized method we prove error bounds in which the constants do not depend on inversepowers of the viscosity. Some numerical experiments illustrate the theoretical results.