Summary of Neural Compression Of Atmospheric States, by Piotr Mirowski et al.
Neural Compression of Atmospheric States
by Piotr Mirowski, David Warde-Farley, Mihaela Rosca, Matthew Koichi Grimes, Yana Hasson, Hyunjik Kim, Mélanie Rey, Simon Osindero, Suman Ravuri, Shakir Mohamed
First submitted to arxiv on: 16 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); 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 A novel approach to compressing atmospheric states for machine learning-based weather prediction is proposed, addressing the challenge of dealing with massive amounts of high-dimensional data. The method leverages neural networks and adapts spherical data using the area-preserving HEALPix projection. Two model classes are investigated: hyperprior models from neural image compression and vector-quantized models. Results show that both families achieve small average error, few high-error reconstructed pixels, faithful reproduction of extreme events, and preservation of spectral power distribution across spatial scales. Compression ratios exceed 1000x, with compression and decompression taking approximately one second per global atmospheric state. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Atmospheric states are important for understanding the earth system and making informed decisions about weather and climate. However, there’s a problem: we have too much data! To solve this issue, researchers developed a way to compress atmospheric states using special computer algorithms called neural networks. They tested two different approaches and found that both work well. The compressed data can be used for machine learning-based weather prediction, which is promising for improving forecasts. This new method will help more people access and use historical data and future projections. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning
