The AI Revolution in Weather Forecasting

In September, the JSC, together with ECMWF, the University of Magdeburg, and the University of Bonn organized a workshop on “Large-Scale Machine Learning for the Earth System”. The aim was to provide a forum for the breath-taking developments in AI-based weather forecasting and bring the leading groups together with researchers from modelling and operational centres as well as academia. Talks were given by experts from Google Deepmind, Huawei Research, Google Research, UK Met Office, and others. The over 60 participants in Bonn and more than 300 online attendees had lively discussions about the state of the art and future directions. In addition to AI-based ensemble methods and the direct use of observations for model training and inference, seasonal predictions and the role of AI in climate modelling were considered as emerging topics.

More information about the programme can be found on the workshop website.

Contact: Dr. Martin Schultz

from JSC News No. 299, 27 October 2023