Summary of Advancing Meteorological Forecasting: Ai-based Approach to Synoptic Weather Map Analysis, by Yo-hwan Choi et al.
Advancing Meteorological Forecasting: AI-based Approach to Synoptic Weather Map Analysis
by Yo-Hwan Choi, Seon-Yu Kang, Minjong Cheon
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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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 novel preprocessing method and convolutional autoencoder model aim to improve the interpretation of synoptic weather maps for more accurate weather forecasting. By leveraging unsupervised learning models like VQ-VQE and supervised learning models like VGG16, VGG19, Xception, InceptionV3, ResNet50, EfficientNet, and ConvNeXt trained on the ImageNet dataset, the model can recognize historical synoptic weather maps that nearly match current atmospheric conditions. While these models perform well in various settings, their ability to identify comparable synoptic weather maps has certain limits. The study finds that cosine similarity is the most effective metric for accurately identifying relevant historical weather patterns, shifting the emphasis from numerical precision to practical application. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A team of researchers has developed a new way to look at old weather maps to help meteorologists better understand current weather conditions. They used special computer models and trained them on a huge collection of pictures (the ImageNet dataset). The goal was to find historical weather maps that are similar to the ones we see today, which could make weather forecasting more accurate. While the models did well in many situations, they had some trouble recognizing exact matches. The researchers discovered that using a special kind of measurement called cosine similarity helped them find the right matches. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Autoencoder » Cosine similarity » Precision » Supervised » Unsupervised
