arXiv Machine Learning

Reduced Order Modeling for Tsunami Forecasting with Bayesian Hierarchical Pooling

arXiv:2512. 19804v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reduced-order models (ROMs) can represent spatiotemporal processes in significantly fewer dimensions and can often be solved many orders of magnitude faster than their governing partial differential equations (PDEs).

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 4

Uncovering Insights of Compound Flooding with Data-Driven AI

arXiv:2506. 04281v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Compound flooding, driven by nonlinear interactions between multiple hydrometeorological factors, poses a significant challenge to hazard prevention.

By Xu Zheng, Chaohao Lin, Sipeng Chen, Zhuomin Chen, Jimeng Shi, Jayantha Obeysekera, Jingchao Ni, Wei Cheng, Jason Liu, Dongsheng Luo
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 6

Real-time probabilistic tsunami forecasting via generative AI

arXiv:2608. 04327v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Explicit onshore tsunami inundation forecasting can improve public risk awareness, but deterministically predicted inundation boundaries under highly uncertain conditions, such as near-field tsunamis generated by megathrust earthquakes, may falsely imply safety outside the boundaries.

By Yusuke Oishi, Takashi Furumura, Fumihiko Imamura
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 4

SurgeGen: A Hybrid Generative Diffusion Framework for Storm Surge Scenario Synthesis

SurgeGen is a two‑stage generative diffusion framework that synthesizes storm surge scenarios conditioned on continuous storm parameters. The first stage produces a coarse baseline surge estimate, which then conditions a diffusion model that refines the output to capture realistic spatial patterns and variability. The method can generate diverse, realistic surge scenarios both within and beyond the training distribution.

By Shunan Zheng, John J. Hasenbein
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 1

Sensitivity-Constrained Neural Operators for Data-Efficient Forward and Inverse Modeling of Partial Differential Equation Systems

The paper introduces Sensitivity‑Constrained Neural Operators (SC‑NOs), which augment standard neural operator training with sampled Jacobian supervision from differentiable solvers or discrete adjoints. By matching selected sensitivities during training, SC‑NOs improve forward prediction accuracy and significantly enhance gradient‑based inverse reconstruction for distributed fields. Experiments on advection–diffusion, RANS–Spalart–Allmaras, high‑dimensional gridded inputs, and a shallow‑water tsunami source‑inversion case demonstrate that SC‑NOs achieve a better accuracy–cost trade‑off and enable near‑real‑time wave‑propagation forecasting from sparse observations.

By Abdolmehdi Behroozi, Chaopeng Shen, Daniel Kifer, Kathryn Lawson
arXiv AI
Aug 20

MorphoGP: A Nonparametric Framework for Predicting Equilibrium Beach Profiles Under Tidal Influence

MorphoGP is a nonparametric Gaussian process framework designed to predict equilibrium beach profiles under tidal influence. It first classifies beach morphologies using a ContourCluster model based on contrastive learning, then trains a specialized Gaussian process expert for each category to learn relationships between environmental descriptors (waves, tides, sediments) and beach shape. A Gating Net probabilistically combines the experts’ outputs, achieving a 59.3% reduction in test RMSE compared to the best baseline, with a final RMSE of 0.297 m on over 180 Chinese coast beach profiles.

By Xi Wu, Yanqing Wei, Hang Yin, Pengze Li, Hongshuai Qi, Xi Chen
arXiv AI
Jun 26

Sampling sea state using a diffusion model

arXiv:2606. 26389v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Sea state prediction is essential for operational maritime applications and coupled earth system modeling, yet current spectral wave models remain computationally prohibitive for many use cases, including online coupling to climate simulations and making probabilistic (ensemble-based) predictions.

By Jiarong Wu, Bertrand Chapron, Laure Zanna