AIFS-CRPS: Ensemble forecasting using a model trained with a loss function based on the Continuous Ranked Probability Score
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| author | Lang, Simon Alexe, Mihai Clare, Mariana C. A. Roberts, Christopher Adewoyin, Rilwan Bouallègue, Zied Ben Chantry, Matthew Dramsch, Jesper Dueben, Peter D. Hahner, Sara Maciel, Pedro Prieto-Nemesio, Ana O'Brien, Cathal Pinault, Florian Polster, Jan Raoult, Baudouin Tietsche, Steffen Leutbecher, Martin |
| author_facet | Lang, Simon Alexe, Mihai Clare, Mariana C. A. Roberts, Christopher Adewoyin, Rilwan Bouallègue, Zied Ben Chantry, Matthew Dramsch, Jesper Dueben, Peter D. Hahner, Sara Maciel, Pedro Prieto-Nemesio, Ana O'Brien, Cathal Pinault, Florian Polster, Jan Raoult, Baudouin Tietsche, Steffen Leutbecher, Martin |
| contents | Over the last three decades, ensemble forecasts have become an integral part of forecasting the weather. They provide users with more complete information than single forecasts as they permit to estimate the probability of weather events by representing the sources of uncertainties and accounting for the day-to-day variability of error growth in the atmosphere. This paper presents a novel approach to obtain a weather forecast model for ensemble forecasting with machine-learning. AIFS-CRPS is a variant of the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS) developed at ECMWF. Its loss function is based on a proper score, the Continuous Ranked Probability Score (CRPS). For the loss, the almost fair CRPS is introduced because it approximately removes the bias in the score due to finite ensemble size yet avoids a degeneracy of the fair CRPS. The trained model is stochastic and can generate as many exchangeable members as desired and computationally feasible in inference. For medium-range forecasts AIFS-CRPS outperforms the physics-based Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) ensemble for the majority of variables and lead times. For subseasonal forecasts, AIFS-CRPS outperforms the IFS ensemble before calibration and is competitive with the IFS ensemble when forecasts are evaluated as anomalies to remove the influence of model biases. |
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| spellingShingle | AIFS-CRPS: Ensemble forecasting using a model trained with a loss function based on the Continuous Ranked Probability Score Lang, Simon Alexe, Mihai Clare, Mariana C. A. Roberts, Christopher Adewoyin, Rilwan Bouallègue, Zied Ben Chantry, Matthew Dramsch, Jesper Dueben, Peter D. Hahner, Sara Maciel, Pedro Prieto-Nemesio, Ana O'Brien, Cathal Pinault, Florian Polster, Jan Raoult, Baudouin Tietsche, Steffen Leutbecher, Martin Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Over the last three decades, ensemble forecasts have become an integral part of forecasting the weather. They provide users with more complete information than single forecasts as they permit to estimate the probability of weather events by representing the sources of uncertainties and accounting for the day-to-day variability of error growth in the atmosphere. This paper presents a novel approach to obtain a weather forecast model for ensemble forecasting with machine-learning. AIFS-CRPS is a variant of the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS) developed at ECMWF. Its loss function is based on a proper score, the Continuous Ranked Probability Score (CRPS). For the loss, the almost fair CRPS is introduced because it approximately removes the bias in the score due to finite ensemble size yet avoids a degeneracy of the fair CRPS. The trained model is stochastic and can generate as many exchangeable members as desired and computationally feasible in inference. For medium-range forecasts AIFS-CRPS outperforms the physics-based Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) ensemble for the majority of variables and lead times. For subseasonal forecasts, AIFS-CRPS outperforms the IFS ensemble before calibration and is competitive with the IFS ensemble when forecasts are evaluated as anomalies to remove the influence of model biases. |
| title | AIFS-CRPS: Ensemble forecasting using a model trained with a loss function based on the Continuous Ranked Probability Score |
| topic | Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15832 |