Summary of Precipitation Nowcasting Using Physics Informed Discriminator Generative Models, by Junzhe Yin et al.
Precipitation Nowcasting Using Physics Informed Discriminator Generative Models
by Junzhe Yin, Cristian Meo, Ankush Roy, Zeineh Bou Cher, Yanbo Wang, Ruben Imhoff, Remko Uijlenhoet, Justin Dauwels
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed physics-informed neural network for precipitation nowcasting leverages real-time atmospheric conditions to forecast weather over short periods, addressing challenges in accurately predicting extreme events. Building on the PID-GAN formulation, this model integrates physics-based supervision within an adversarial learning framework. The Vector Quantization GAN and Transformer generator, combined with a temporal discriminator, demonstrate superior performance in precipitation nowcasting downstream metrics compared to numerical and state-of-the-art deep generative models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A new way to predict the weather is being developed by designing a special kind of computer program that uses current conditions to forecast what will happen over the next few hours. Right now, predicting extreme weather events like heavy rain or strong winds is tricky because these events are hard to predict and don’t follow normal patterns. The researchers created a new type of computer model that combines ideas from physics and machine learning to improve weather forecasting. This new approach uses data from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and shows promising results. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Gan » Machine learning » Neural network » Quantization » Transformer
