Summary of Climdetect: a Benchmark Dataset For Climate Change Detection and Attribution, by Sungduk Yu et al.
ClimDetect: A Benchmark Dataset for Climate Change Detection and Attribution
by Sungduk Yu, Brian L. White, Anahita Bhiwandiwalla, Musashi Hinck, Matthew Lyle Olson, Yaniv Gurwicz, Raanan Y. Rohekar, Tung Nguyen, Vasudev Lal
First submitted to arxiv on: 28 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper addresses the challenge of detecting and attributing temperature increases driven by climate change using deep learning methods. Traditional detection and attribution (D&A) methods rely on identifying specific “fingerprints” in spatial patterns expected to emerge from external forcings like greenhouse gas emissions. The authors propose a new approach that leverages deep learning to discern complex patterns within expansive spatial datasets, aiming to improve the consistency of climate signal detection and attribution. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us understand how Earth’s temperature is changing because of human activities versus natural events. Currently, it’s hard to tell these apart using traditional methods. The authors are trying a new approach that uses computers to find patterns in big data sets about temperature changes around the world. This could help us make better predictions and prepare for climate change. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Temperature
