Probabilistic Emulation of a Global Climate Model with Spherical DYffusion

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Hauptverfasser: Cachay, Salva Rühling, Henn, Brian, Watt-Meyer, Oliver, Bretherton, Christopher S., Yu, Rose
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author Cachay, Salva Rühling
Henn, Brian
Watt-Meyer, Oliver
Bretherton, Christopher S.
Yu, Rose
author_facet Cachay, Salva Rühling
Henn, Brian
Watt-Meyer, Oliver
Bretherton, Christopher S.
Yu, Rose
contents Data-driven deep learning models are transforming global weather forecasting. It is an open question if this success can extend to climate modeling, where the complexity of the data and long inference rollouts pose significant challenges. Here, we present the first conditional generative model that produces accurate and physically consistent global climate ensemble simulations by emulating a coarse version of the United States' primary operational global forecast model, FV3GFS. Our model integrates the dynamics-informed diffusion framework (DYffusion) with the Spherical Fourier Neural Operator (SFNO) architecture, enabling stable 100-year simulations at 6-hourly timesteps while maintaining low computational overhead compared to single-step deterministic baselines. The model achieves near gold-standard performance for climate model emulation, outperforming existing approaches and demonstrating promising ensemble skill. This work represents a significant advance towards efficient, data-driven climate simulations that can enhance our understanding of the climate system and inform adaptation strategies.
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spellingShingle Probabilistic Emulation of a Global Climate Model with Spherical DYffusion
Cachay, Salva Rühling
Henn, Brian
Watt-Meyer, Oliver
Bretherton, Christopher S.
Yu, Rose
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Data-driven deep learning models are transforming global weather forecasting. It is an open question if this success can extend to climate modeling, where the complexity of the data and long inference rollouts pose significant challenges. Here, we present the first conditional generative model that produces accurate and physically consistent global climate ensemble simulations by emulating a coarse version of the United States' primary operational global forecast model, FV3GFS. Our model integrates the dynamics-informed diffusion framework (DYffusion) with the Spherical Fourier Neural Operator (SFNO) architecture, enabling stable 100-year simulations at 6-hourly timesteps while maintaining low computational overhead compared to single-step deterministic baselines. The model achieves near gold-standard performance for climate model emulation, outperforming existing approaches and demonstrating promising ensemble skill. This work represents a significant advance towards efficient, data-driven climate simulations that can enhance our understanding of the climate system and inform adaptation strategies.
title Probabilistic Emulation of a Global Climate Model with Spherical DYffusion
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14798