MAG-Net: Physics-Aware Multi-Modal Fusion of Geostationary Satellite and Radar for Severe Convective Precipitation Nowcasting
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| author | Chen, Dandan Wang, Yaqiang Xiong, Anyuan Zhu, Enda |
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| contents | Radar-based convective precipitation nowcasting suffers from rapid performance degradation beyond 30 minutes due to missing thermodynamic variables. Existing deep learning models also face blurring effects, training instability, and limited interpretability. To address this, we propose MAG-Net, a Physics-Aware Multi-modal Attention-guided Generator Network. It integrates radar dynamics with selected geostationary satellite channels (IR 10.8, WV 7.1, BTD) to incorporate thermodynamic and microphysical precursors. MAG-Net features a Dual-Stream Encoder for heterogeneous modalities and a Symmetric Dual-Head Decoder optimizing reflectivity regression and event probability via an uncertainty-weighted multi-task strategy. Furthermore, an inference-time Gradient-Preserving Fusion (GPF) strategy combines probabilistic constraints with regression details for better high-frequency texture retention. Experiments on a large-scale dataset (2018-2023) over southeastern China show MAG-Net outperforms deterministic (e.g., CPrecNet) and generative (e.g., DGMR) baselines. Specifically, it improves CSI40 by 0.083 (0.172 to 0.255) over CPrecNet, enhancing intense convective echo detection. Finally, Integrated Gradients (IG) analysis reveals the model's reliance on satellite inputs increases with forecast lead time and convective intensity, confirming that satellite data captures critical precursors for severe weather prediction. |
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| spellingShingle | MAG-Net: Physics-Aware Multi-Modal Fusion of Geostationary Satellite and Radar for Severe Convective Precipitation Nowcasting Chen, Dandan Wang, Yaqiang Xiong, Anyuan Zhu, Enda Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Radar-based convective precipitation nowcasting suffers from rapid performance degradation beyond 30 minutes due to missing thermodynamic variables. Existing deep learning models also face blurring effects, training instability, and limited interpretability. To address this, we propose MAG-Net, a Physics-Aware Multi-modal Attention-guided Generator Network. It integrates radar dynamics with selected geostationary satellite channels (IR 10.8, WV 7.1, BTD) to incorporate thermodynamic and microphysical precursors. MAG-Net features a Dual-Stream Encoder for heterogeneous modalities and a Symmetric Dual-Head Decoder optimizing reflectivity regression and event probability via an uncertainty-weighted multi-task strategy. Furthermore, an inference-time Gradient-Preserving Fusion (GPF) strategy combines probabilistic constraints with regression details for better high-frequency texture retention. Experiments on a large-scale dataset (2018-2023) over southeastern China show MAG-Net outperforms deterministic (e.g., CPrecNet) and generative (e.g., DGMR) baselines. Specifically, it improves CSI40 by 0.083 (0.172 to 0.255) over CPrecNet, enhancing intense convective echo detection. Finally, Integrated Gradients (IG) analysis reveals the model's reliance on satellite inputs increases with forecast lead time and convective intensity, confirming that satellite data captures critical precursors for severe weather prediction. |
| title | MAG-Net: Physics-Aware Multi-Modal Fusion of Geostationary Satellite and Radar for Severe Convective Precipitation Nowcasting |
| topic | Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02818 |