Machine Learning for Stochastic Parametrisation

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Hauptverfasser: Christensen, Hannah M., Kouhen, Salah, Miller, Greta, Parthipan, Raghul
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author Christensen, Hannah M.
Kouhen, Salah
Miller, Greta
Parthipan, Raghul
author_facet Christensen, Hannah M.
Kouhen, Salah
Miller, Greta
Parthipan, Raghul
contents Atmospheric models used for weather and climate prediction are traditionally formulated in a deterministic manner. In other words, given a particular state of the resolved scale variables, the most likely forcing from the sub-grid scale processes is estimated and used to predict the evolution of the large-scale flow. However, the lack of scale-separation in the atmosphere means that this approach is a large source of error in forecasts. Over recent years, an alternative paradigm has developed: the use of stochastic techniques to characterise uncertainty in small-scale processes. These techniques are now widely used across weather, sub-seasonal, seasonal, and climate timescales. In parallel, recent years have also seen significant progress in replacing parametrisation schemes using machine learning (ML). This has the potential to both speed up and improve our numerical models. However, the focus to date has largely been on deterministic approaches. In this position paper, we bring together these two key developments, and discuss the potential for data-driven approaches for stochastic parametrisation. We highlight early studies in this area, and draw attention to the novel challenges that remain.
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spellingShingle Machine Learning for Stochastic Parametrisation
Christensen, Hannah M.
Kouhen, Salah
Miller, Greta
Parthipan, Raghul
Machine Learning
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Atmospheric models used for weather and climate prediction are traditionally formulated in a deterministic manner. In other words, given a particular state of the resolved scale variables, the most likely forcing from the sub-grid scale processes is estimated and used to predict the evolution of the large-scale flow. However, the lack of scale-separation in the atmosphere means that this approach is a large source of error in forecasts. Over recent years, an alternative paradigm has developed: the use of stochastic techniques to characterise uncertainty in small-scale processes. These techniques are now widely used across weather, sub-seasonal, seasonal, and climate timescales. In parallel, recent years have also seen significant progress in replacing parametrisation schemes using machine learning (ML). This has the potential to both speed up and improve our numerical models. However, the focus to date has largely been on deterministic approaches. In this position paper, we bring together these two key developments, and discuss the potential for data-driven approaches for stochastic parametrisation. We highlight early studies in this area, and draw attention to the novel challenges that remain.
title Machine Learning for Stochastic Parametrisation
topic Machine Learning
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09471