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-STEP 1: Specifying the resolution of the physical problem and the parameters to adjust
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+STEP 1: Specify the resolution of the physical problem and the parameters to adjust
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An essential knowledge about the studied physical system is the numerical
simulation. It is often available through calculation case(s), and symbolized as
.. _section_m_step2:
-STEP 2: Specifying the criteria for physical results qualification
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+STEP 2: Specify the criteria for physical results qualification
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Because the studied system are real physical ones, it is of great importance to
express the **physical information that can help to qualify a simulated system
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-STEP 3: Identifying and describe the available observations
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+STEP 3: Identify and describe the available observations
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As the second main source of knowledge of the physical system to be studied, the
**observations, or measures,** denoted as :math:`\mathbf{y}^o`, has to be
.. _section_m_step4:
-STEP 4: Specifying the DA/Optimization modeling elements (covariances, background...)
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+STEP 4: Specify the DA/Optimization modeling elements (covariances, background...)
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Additional Data Assimilation or Optimization modeling elements allows to
improve information about the fine physical representation of the studied
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-STEP 5: Choosing the optimization algorithm and its parameters
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+STEP 5: Choose the optimization algorithm and its parameters
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Data Assimilation or Optimization requires to solve an optimization problem,
more often modelized as a minimization problem. Depending on the availability of
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-STEP 6: Conducting the optimization calculations and get the results
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+STEP 6: Conduct the optimization calculations and get the results
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After setting up the Data Assimilation or Optimization study, the calculation
has to be done in an efficient way.
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-STEP 7: Exploiting the results and qualify their physical properties
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+STEP 7: Exploit the results and qualify their physical properties
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Once getting the results, they have to be interpreted in terms of physical and
numerical meaning. Even if the optimization calculation always give a new