TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving Short-Range Ensemble Kalman Storm Surge Forecasting Using Robust Adaptive Inflation
AU - Altaf, Muhammad
AU - Butler, T.
AU - Luo, X.
AU - Dawson, C.
AU - Mayo, T.
AU - Hoteit, Ibrahim
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - This paper presents a robust ensemble filtering methodology for storm surge forecasting based on the singular evolutive interpolated Kalman (SEIK) filter, which has been implemented in the framework of the H∞ filter. By design, an H∞ filter is more robust than the common Kalman filter in the sense that the estimation error in the H∞ filter has, in general, a finite growth rate with respect to the uncertainties in assimilation. The computational hydrodynamical model used in this study is the Advanced Circulation (ADCIRC) model. The authors assimilate data obtained from Hurricanes Katrina and Ike as test cases. The results clearly show that the H∞-based SEIK filter provides more accurate short-range forecasts of storm surge compared to recently reported data assimilation results resulting from the standard SEIK filter.
AB - This paper presents a robust ensemble filtering methodology for storm surge forecasting based on the singular evolutive interpolated Kalman (SEIK) filter, which has been implemented in the framework of the H∞ filter. By design, an H∞ filter is more robust than the common Kalman filter in the sense that the estimation error in the H∞ filter has, in general, a finite growth rate with respect to the uncertainties in assimilation. The computational hydrodynamical model used in this study is the Advanced Circulation (ADCIRC) model. The authors assimilate data obtained from Hurricanes Katrina and Ike as test cases. The results clearly show that the H∞-based SEIK filter provides more accurate short-range forecasts of storm surge compared to recently reported data assimilation results resulting from the standard SEIK filter.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/552734
UR - http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/MWR-D-12-00310.1
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881274598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00310.1
DO - 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00310.1
M3 - Article
SN - 0027-0644
VL - 141
SP - 2705
EP - 2720
JO - Monthly Weather Review
JF - Monthly Weather Review
IS - 8
ER -