New NPG Letter – Quantum data assimilation: a new approach to solving data assimilation on quantum annealers

7 June 2024

In Earth science, data assimilation plays an important role in integrating real-world observations with numerical simulations for improving subsequent predictions. To overcome the time-consuming computations of conventional data assimilation methods, this paper proposes using quantum annealing machines. Using the D-Wave quantum annealer, the proposed method found solutions with comparable accuracy to conventional approaches and significantly reduced computational time.

Contact: Shunji Kotsuki (shunji.kotsuki@chiba-u.jp)