Gradient-free online learning of subgrid-scale dynamics with neural emulators

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Hauptverfasser: Frezat, Hugo, Fablet, Ronan, Balarac, Guillaume, Sommer, Julien Le
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author Frezat, Hugo
Fablet, Ronan
Balarac, Guillaume
Sommer, Julien Le
author_facet Frezat, Hugo
Fablet, Ronan
Balarac, Guillaume
Sommer, Julien Le
contents In this paper, we propose a generic algorithm to train machine learning-based subgrid parametrizations online, i.e., with \textit{a posteriori} loss functions, but for non-differentiable numerical solvers. The proposed approach leverages a neural emulator to approximate the reduced state-space solver, which is then used to allow gradient propagation through temporal integration steps. We apply this methodology on a chaotic two-timescales Lorenz-96 system and a single layer quasi-geostrophic system with zonal dynamics, known to be highly unstable with offline strategies. Using our algorithm, we are able to train a parametrization that recovers most of the benefits of online strategies without having to compute the gradient of the original solver. We found that training the neural emulator and parametrization components separately with different loss quantities is necessary in order to minimize the propagation of approximation biases. Experiments on emulator architectures with different complexities also indicates that emulator performance is key in order to learn an accurate parametrization. This work is a step towards learning parametrization with online strategies for climate models.
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spellingShingle Gradient-free online learning of subgrid-scale dynamics with neural emulators
Frezat, Hugo
Fablet, Ronan
Balarac, Guillaume
Sommer, Julien Le
Computational Physics
Machine Learning
Fluid Dynamics
In this paper, we propose a generic algorithm to train machine learning-based subgrid parametrizations online, i.e., with \textit{a posteriori} loss functions, but for non-differentiable numerical solvers. The proposed approach leverages a neural emulator to approximate the reduced state-space solver, which is then used to allow gradient propagation through temporal integration steps. We apply this methodology on a chaotic two-timescales Lorenz-96 system and a single layer quasi-geostrophic system with zonal dynamics, known to be highly unstable with offline strategies. Using our algorithm, we are able to train a parametrization that recovers most of the benefits of online strategies without having to compute the gradient of the original solver. We found that training the neural emulator and parametrization components separately with different loss quantities is necessary in order to minimize the propagation of approximation biases. Experiments on emulator architectures with different complexities also indicates that emulator performance is key in order to learn an accurate parametrization. This work is a step towards learning parametrization with online strategies for climate models.
title Gradient-free online learning of subgrid-scale dynamics with neural emulators
topic Computational Physics
Machine Learning
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19385