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A non-parametric perceptual organization for coherent fluids is proposed, motivated by the observation that ignoring coherence can be disastrous for inference. Detecting coherence features and establishing correspondence can be challenging for sparse measurements and complex structures in fluid fields. Therefore, a non-parametric representation using deformation (geometry) and amplitude (appearance) is developed. It is first applied to Data Assimilation and Ensemble analysis problems for coherent fluids, following which new methods for Principal Modes, Random Fields, Variational Blending and Reduced Order Modeling are introduced. Simple examples illustrating application suggest broad utility in environmental inference, verification, representation and modeling.
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Ravela, S. (2015). Statistical Inference for Coherent Fluids. In: Ravela, S., Sandu, A. (eds) Dynamic Data-Driven Environmental Systems Science. DyDESS 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8964. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25138-7_12
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