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Multi-Scale Probabilistic M o deling in Geospace Science. Zach Thomas The Ohio State Universi t y Ment o rs: T omo k o Matsuo, Doug Nych k a Ellen Cousins , Mi k e Wilt b erger August 1, 2014. Outline of Summer W o rk.
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Multi-ScaleProbabilisticModelinginGeospaceScience ZachThomas TheOhioStateUniversity Mentors:TomokoMatsuo,DougNychkaEllenCousins,MikeWiltberger August1,2014
OutlineofSummerWork .,. Application:Modelinghigh-latitudeionosphericconvection fromsparseradarobservations
OutlineofSummerWork .,. Application:Modelinghigh-latitudeionosphericconvection fromsparseradarobservations .,. StatisticalMethodology:Techniqueforspatialmodelingonthesphere
ScientificBackground Motivation .,. Scientific:ObtainbetterunderstandingofcomplexinteractionbetweensolarwindandEarth’smagneticfieldbystudyingvariousionosphericprocesses
ScientificBackground Motivation .,. Scientific:ObtainbetterunderstandingofcomplexinteractionbetweensolarwindandEarth’smagneticfieldbystudyingvariousionosphericprocesses .., Numericalmodeling
ScientificBackground Motivation .,. Scientific:ObtainbetterunderstandingofcomplexinteractionbetweensolarwindandEarth’smagneticfieldbystudyingvariousionosphericprocesses .., Numericalmodeling .., Dataanalysis
ScientificBackground Motivation .,. Scientific:ObtainbetterunderstandingofcomplexinteractionbetweensolarwindandEarth’smagneticfieldbystudyingvariousionosphericprocesses .., Numericalmodeling .., Dataanalysis .,. Practical/Societal:Understandchangesinelectromagneticenergyassociatedwithauroras
ScientificBackground Motivation .,. Scientific:ObtainbetterunderstandingofcomplexinteractionbetweensolarwindandEarth’smagneticfieldbystudyingvariousionosphericprocesses .., Numericalmodeling .., Dataanalysis .,. Practical/Societal:Understandchangesinelectromagneticenergyassociatedwithauroras .., Disturbancesintelecommunication
ScientificBackground Motivation .,. Scientific:ObtainbetterunderstandingofcomplexinteractionbetweensolarwindandEarth’smagneticfieldbystudyingvariousionosphericprocesses .., Numericalmodeling .., Dataanalysis .,. Practical/Societal:Understandchangesinelectromagneticenergyassociatedwithauroras .., Disturbancesintelecommunication .., Disturbancesinpowergrids
ScientificBackground InteractionbetweenSolarWindandEarth’sMagneticField Figure:OutputfromtheLyon-Fedder-Mobarrymodelcapturingcomplexinteraction betweensolarwindand Earth’smagneticfield.Imagecourtesyofhttps://www.dartmouth.edu/physics/cism/science/lfmmodel.html
ScientificBackground IonosphericElectricPotentialandPlasmaConvectionPatterns Figure:IMFeffectonionosphericconvection.ImagecourtesyofCousins etal.(2010)
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. LatticeKrigisanewR packageforfast/flexiblespatialmodelingbasedonastatisticalmethodologyinNychkaetal. (2014).
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. LatticeKrigisanewR packageforfast/flexiblespatialmodelingbasedonastatisticalmethodologyinNychkaetal. (2014). .,. Keyideaistoexpressthespatialprocessasamulitresolution basisfunctionexpansionwithrandomcoefficients
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. LatticeKrigisanewR packageforfast/flexiblespatialmodelingbasedonastatisticalmethodologyinNychkaetal. (2014). .,. Keyideaistoexpressthespatialprocessasamulitresolution basisfunctionexpansionwithrandomcoefficients .,. RandomcoefficientsmodeledviaacertainMarkovrandom fieldmodelcalledasimultaneousautoregression(SAR)model
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. Observeaprocessatnlocationswithinaspatialdomain D...callthemy(s1),...,y(sn).
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. Observeaprocessatnlocationswithinaspatialdomain D...callthemy(s1),...,y(sn). .,. Foranarbitrarys∈D,wewouldliketomakeinferenceabouttheprocessy(s)fromtheobservations.
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. Observeaprocessatnlocationswithinaspatialdomain D...callthemy(s1),...,y(sn). .,. Foranarbitrarys∈D,wewouldliketomakeinferenceabouttheprocessy(s)fromtheobservations. .,. Commonspatialmodel:Foranys∈D(observedornot): y(s) =m(s)+g(s)+e(s) Process=Mean+SpatialProcess+Ind.Error
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. Observeaprocessatnlocationswithinaspatialdomain D...callthemy(s1),...,y(sn). .,. Foranarbitrarys∈D,wewouldliketomakeinferenceabouttheprocessy(s)fromtheobservations. .,. Commonspatialmodel:Foranys∈D(observedornot): y(s) =m(s)+g(s)+e(s) Process=Mean+SpatialProcess+Ind.Error .,. LatticeKrigdiffersfromothermethodsinitsconstructionof thespatiallydependentprocessg(s).
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. CenterbasisfunctionsatgridlocationsonL gridsovertheobservationregion.
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. CenterbasisfunctionsatgridlocationsonL gridsovertheobservationregion. .,. TheL gridsareobtainedbysequentiallydoublingthe resolutionofthepreviousgrid.
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. CenterbasisfunctionsatgridlocationsonL gridsovertheobservationregion. .,. TheL gridsareobtainedbysequentiallydoublingthe resolutionofthepreviousgrid. .,. Theprocessg(s)isthenexpressedasabasisfunctionexpansion: L nl )) l=1j=1 g(s)= c W[d(s,s)] ∗ l,jl,jl,j
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere WhatisLatticeKrig? .,. CenterbasisfunctionsatgridlocationsonL gridsovertheobservationregion. .,. TheL gridsareobtainedbysequentiallydoublingthe resolutionofthepreviousgrid. .,. Theprocessg(s)isthenexpressedasabasisfunctionexpansion: L nl )) l=1j=1 g(s)= c W[d(s,s)] ∗ l,jl,jl,j .,. Thecl,j’sarerandomcoefficientsfollowingacertainMarkovrandomfieldmodelcalledaSimultaneousAutoregression(SAR)model.
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere TheGeodesicGrid .,. ModifyingLatticeKrigforuseonthespherewasdoneintwosteps:
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere TheGeodesicGrid .,. ModifyingLatticeKrigforuseonthespherewasdoneintwosteps: 1. Insteadoflocatingbasisfunctionsonarectangulargridovera plane,wecenterthemonaspecializedgridonthesphere...calledthegeodesicgrid
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere TheGeodesicGrid .,. ModifyingLatticeKrigforuseonthespherewasdoneintwosteps: Insteadoflocatingbasisfunctionsonarectangulargridovera plane,wecenterthemonaspecializedgridonthesphere...calledthegeodesicgrid Modifytheconstructionofthe SARmodelfortherandomcoefficients(whichnowliveonthegeodesicgrid)
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere TheGeodesicGrid .,. ModifyingLatticeKrigforuseonthespherewasdoneintwosteps: Insteadoflocatingbasisfunctionsonarectangulargridovera plane,wecenterthemonaspecializedgridonthesphere...calledthegeodesicgrid Modifytheconstructionofthe SARmodelfortherandomcoefficients(whichnowliveonthegeodesicgrid) .,. Resultisatoolforspatialmodelingovergeneralregionsonthesphere...ortheentiresphere...tobeincludedinfutureversionsofLatticeKrig.
ModificationofLatticeKrigfortheSphere TheGeodesicGrid .,. ModifyingLatticeKrigforuseonthespherewasdoneintwosteps: Insteadoflocatingbasisfunctionsonarectangulargridovera plane,wecenterthemonaspecializedgridonthesphere...calledthegeodesicgrid Modifytheconstructionofthe SARmodelfortherandomcoefficients(whichnowliveonthegeodesicgrid) .,. Resultisatoolforspatialmodelingovergeneralregionsonthesphere...ortheentiresphere...tobeincludedinfutureversionsofLatticeKrig. .,. Thissummer,focusonusingtheprocedureformodelingelectromagneticprocessesintheionosphere.
Figure:LowResolutionBasisFunctions:CapturingLarge-ScaleDependenceFigure:LowResolutionBasisFunctions:CapturingLarge-ScaleDependence
Figure:AddMediumResolutionBasisFunctions:Capturing Medium-ScaleDependence
Figure:AddHighResolutionBasisFunctions:CapturingSmall-ScaleDependenceFigure:AddHighResolutionBasisFunctions:CapturingSmall-ScaleDependence
TrySomeSpatialModeling SpatialInterpolationofElectricPotentialfromLFM-MIXModelOuput .,. Keymodificationforionosphereproblem:varianceofthe electricpotentialisclearlynonstationary.Wecanembedinformationfromnumericalmodeloutputintothestatisticalmodel. Figure:(Left)Regionofhighestvariability;courtesyofMinjieFan,UCDavis(Right)Weightsusedtoinducenonstationaryvarianceinspatialmodel.
TrySomeSpatialModeling SpatialInterpolationofElectricPotentialfromLFM-MIXModelOuput .,. Experiment:UseLFM-MIXmodeloutputofelectricpotentialtostudypredictiveskillofourmodel
TrySomeSpatialModeling SpatialInterpolationofElectricPotentialfromLFM-MIXModelOuput .,. Experiment:UseLFM-MIXmodeloutputofelectricpotentialtostudypredictiveskillofourmodel 1. Randomlyselectsampleof1000points(outof16920)uniformlyoverthepolarregion.
TrySomeSpatialModeling SpatialInterpolationofElectricPotentialfromLFM-MIXModelOuput .,. Experiment:UseLFM-MIXmodeloutputofelectricpotentialtostudypredictiveskillofourmodel Randomlyselectsampleof1000points(outof16920)uniformlyoverthepolarregion. Treatthesepointsas’TheData’...trytogetbackthefull 16920pointsusingourspatialmodelonthesphere
Figure:1000randomlysampledlocationsusedtoinformtheinterpolationFigure:1000randomlysampledlocationsusedtoinformtheinterpolation
"True"ElectricPotentialProcess(FromLFM-MIX) 12 40 32 24 16 40 30° 20° 8 > e- 18 0 06 -8 -16 -24 -32 -40 min:-25.37 max:41.50 00
SpatialInterpolationofElectricPotential 12 40 32 24 16 40 30° 20° 8 c 0 18 0 06 B -0 -8 0. -16 -24 -32 -40 min:-25.19 max:41.55 00
Error("True"ProcessMinusPredictedProcess) 12 2.0 1.6 1.2 0.8 40 30° 20° 0.4 10· "C 18 0.0-0 0. 06 -0.4 -0.8 -1.2 -1.6 -2.0 min:-2.19 max:0.76 00
Error("True"Process MinusPredictedProcess) 12 .....::: 2.0 ·..·...:.···· : :.·.. ..· .,..· 1.6 ·.· ···. ..· .. ·. .... 1.2 .·--:. ·.... ::.:.... ·... ...:.·...: .:-··....... 0.8 ·:30°:..:. .,...·..·. .·: ,.'·.. '1:::·:....::.·:"·.,;;. ... ....... 0.4 ··: "' 0.0-0 0. ...·.· .·..·· :-. 18 06 o I,-,-• ...·.··....... .......·:·.· ::. :.·.· ··.:.. .: .: .... -0.4 .,.·... ·.·.. ·::.···.· ,.... .. ..... -0.8 :·. .-. .,. . .-.... -1.2 .... .:•'-• .... ...... -1.6 ....· 00 -2.0 min:-2.19 max:0.76
NextStep:ModificationsforRadarObservations GettingfromObservationSpacetoElectricPotentialSpace .,. Inpractice,theelectricpotentialcanonlybeinferredfromsparseobservationsofother(related)processes.
NextStep:ModificationsforRadarObservations GettingfromObservationSpacetoElectricPotentialSpace .,. Inpractice,theelectricpotentialcanonlybeinferredfromsparseobservationsofother(related)processes. .,. WeusethemethodologyinRichmondandKamide(1988)...transformbasisfunctionsintoobservationspace
NextStep:ModificationsforRadarObservations GettingfromObservationSpacetoElectricPotentialSpace .,. Inpractice,theelectricpotentialcanonlybeinferredfromsparseobservationsofother(related)processes. .,. WeusethemethodologyinRichmondandKamide(1988)...transformbasisfunctionsintoobservationspace .,. Theradarsmeasureprojectionsofionosphericplasmadrift velocitiesontotheline-sight-direction:vLOS(s)=✈(s)·❛LOS.
NextStep:ModificationsforRadarObservations GettingfromObservationSpacetoElectricPotentialSpace .,. Inpractice,theelectricpotentialcanonlybeinferredfromsparseobservationsofother(related)processes. .,. WeusethemethodologyinRichmondandKamide(1988)...transformbasisfunctionsintoobservationspace .,. Theradarsmeasureprojectionsofionosphericplasmadrift velocitiesontotheline-sight-direction:vLOS(s)=✈(s)·❛LOS. .,. These LOSvelocitesarerelatedtotheelectricpotentialbythefollowing: 1 ∂Φ(s) ∂Φ(s) vLOS(s)= ,− • ❛LOS · |❇(s)|∂θ ∂φ θ=Latitude,φ=Longitude,❇(s)=MagneticFieldats
NextStep:ModificationsforRadarObservations TransformingBasisFunctions .,. ThisfunctionL:Φ(s)1→vLOS(s)isalinearoperator
NextStep:ModificationsforRadarObservations TransformingBasisFunctions .,. ThisfunctionL:Φ(s)1→vLOS(s)isalinearoperator .,. Before: L nl Φ(s)=))ci,jWi,j[d(s,s∗j)] l=1j=1
NextStep:ModificationsforRadarObservations TransformingBasisFunctions .,. ThisfunctionL:Φ(s)1→vLOS(s)isalinearoperator .,. Before: L nl Φ(s)=))ci,jWi,j[d(s,s∗j)] l=1j=1 .,. ForRadarData: L nl )) l=1j=1 { � L{Φ(s)}=v (s)= c LW[d(s,s)] ∗ i,j i,j LOS j
NextStep:ModificationsforRadarObservations TransformingBasisFunctions .,. ThisfunctionL:Φ(s)1→vLOS(s)isalinearoperator .,. Before: L nl Φ(s)=))ci,jWi,j[d(s,s∗j)] l=1j=1 .,. ForRadarData: L nl )) l=1j=1 { � L{Φ(s)}=v (s)= c LW[d(s,s)] ∗ i,j i,j LOS j .,. Thecoefficientprocessisthesame...usesameestimationprocedurebutwithtransformedbasisfunctions
Figure:RandomlysampledLOS directionsandcorrespondingvelocitiesusedinnumericalstudy.