Information‐Theoretic Approach to Bidirectional Scaling

Abstract

We present an information‐theoretic approach for integration of multiresolution data into multiscale simulations. This general framework is used to upscale and downscale equations of fluid flow in heterogeneous porous media. Fine‐scale information can comprise observational data and/or simulation results related to both system states and system parameters. It is aggregated into its coarse‐scale representation by setting a probabilistic equivalence between the two scales, with parameters that are determined via minimization of observable error and mutual information across scales. The same quantities facilitate the use of coarse‐scale data to constrain compatible fine‐scale distributions.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2018
Source ID
10.1029/2017wr021993

Entities

People

  • Daniel M. Tartakovsky
  • Francesca Boso

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • National Science Foundation
  • Stanford University

Tags

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers