We consider fully discrete numerical schemes for a downscaling data
assimilation algorithm aimed at approximating the velocity field of the 2D
Navier-Stokes equations corresponding to given coarse mesh observational
measurements. The time discretization is done by considering semi- and
fully-implicit Euler schemes, and the spatial discretization is based on a
spectral Galerkin method. The two fully discrete algorithms are shown to be
unconditionally stable, with respect to the size of the time step, number of
time steps and the number of Galerkin modes. Moreover, explicit, uniform in
time error estimates between the fully discrete solution and the reference
solution corresponding to the observational coarse mesh measurements are
obtained, in both the $L^2$ and $H^1$ norms. Notably, the two-dimensional
Navier-Stokes equations, subject to the no-slip Dirichlet or periodic boundary
conditions, are used in this work as a paradigm. The complete analysis that is
presented here can be extended to other two- and three-dimensional dissipative
systems under the assumption of global existence and uniqueness.