arXiv AI

A Mechanism-Coupled Split Window Network for Medium- to High-Resolution Land Surface Temperature Retrieval

arXiv:2509. 04991v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Land surface temperature (LST) is a fundamental physical variable in land-atmosphere interactions, surface energy budgets, and climate processes.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 14

Parameter estimation for land-surface models using Neural Physics

arXiv:2505. 02979v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We propose a novel inverse-modelling approach that estimates the parameters of a simple land-surface model (LSM) by assimilating data into a differentiable, physics-based forward model formulated using convolutional operations.

By Ruiyue Huang, Claire E. Heaney, Maarten van Reeuwijk
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 11

Urban Heat MiniCubes: An AI-Ready dataset for urban heat research

arXiv:2606. 11534v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Urban heat is amplified by impermeable surfaces and heterogeneous built environments, yet street-level variability remains difficult to quantify because multi-sensor observations are rarely available in consistent, analysis-ready form at the necessary spatiotemporal scales.

By Jonathan Starfeldt, Maria J. Molina, Alexander Kerr, Adam Yang, Thomas R. H. Holmes, Christopher R. Hain
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 11

A Coupled Physics-Informed Neural Network for Greenhouse Climate State Reconstruction and Parameter Identification under Sparse Sensor Measurements

arXiv:2605. 02524v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Accurate reconstruction of greenhouse climate variables from sparse sensor measurements is essential for intelligent environmental monitoring, automated climate control, and precision agriculture.

By Sani Biswas, Khursheed J. Ansari, Md. Nasim Akhtar
arXiv AI
Jun 19

SIMBA: ABidirectional Retrieval Forward Simulation Framework for Modeling FY-4A GIIRS Hyperspectral Infrared Radiances Toward NWP Applications

arXiv:2606. 19943v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Hyperspectral infrared observations are an important data source for numerical weather prediction (NWP) because they provide rich information on the vertical structure of atmospheric temperature and humidity.

By Jingdong Shen, Fu Wang*, Qifeng Lu, Hao Huang, Chunqiang Wu, Chi Yang, Xiaofang Liu
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

Tropospheric temperature and humidity profile retrieval from Meteosat Flexible Combined Imager based on deep learning

The study presents a spatially aware deep learning framework that retrieves all‑sky tropospheric temperature and humidity profiles from the Meteosat Third Generation Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) without relying on numerical weather prediction background fields. Using a Residual U‑Net trained on 14 months of collocated FCI observations and CERRA reanalysis data, the model achieves temperature biases below 0.4 K and relative humidity standard deviations between 12–20 %, with modest performance degradation under cloud cover. Ablation and feature‑sensitivity analyses confirm that incorporating spatial context across all 16 FCI channels, including visible and near‑infrared bands, improves retrieval accuracy, especially beneath cloud tops.

By Alejandro Salgueiro, Johannes Rausch, Julie Th\'er\`ese Villinger, Angela Meyer
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 12

Deep Learning-Based Statistical Downscaling of Sea Surface Temperature Using a Residual Corrective Neural Network

arXiv:2608. 10022v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The large-scale oceanic and atmospheric forecasts provided by global climate models typically lack sufficient resolution to accurately capture the response of the coastal ocean to atmospheric forcing and coastal circulation that drive fine-scale SST variability.

By Onkar Jadhav, Tim French, Ivica Janekovic, Nicole L. Jones, Matthew Rayson
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28

Machine Learning for Cloud Detection in IASI Measurements: A Data-Driven SVM Approach with Physical Constraints

arXiv:2508. 10120v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Cloud detection is fundamental for the interpretation and operational exploitation of hyperspectral infrared sounders, yet the capability of infrared radiances alone to provide reliable cloud information remains insufficiently assessed.

By Chiara Zugarini, Cristina Sgattoni, Luca Sgheri
arXiv AI
6d ago

Understanding Perturbed Parameter Ensemble Sensitivities Using A Contrastive Learning Approach

The paper introduces an explainable contrastive learning model that maps five monthly cloud and radiation fields into a shared representation space to analyze perturbed parameter ensembles (PPEs) in climate simulations. Trained on two 100-member Community Atmosphere Model version 6 PPEs differing only in the warm rain microphysics scheme (KK2000 vs. TAU-ML), the model achieves over 94% linear classification accuracy while preserving seasonal variability and ensemble spread. The learned representations place satellite observations on the same low‑dimensional manifold as the PPEs, with TAU-ML PPE closer to observations, and Integrated Gradients attribution identifies key regional contributions linked to cloud microphysics, boundary layer turbulence, and deep convection.

By Da Fan, David John Gagne II, Gregory S Elsaesser, Brian Medeiros, Addisu G Semie, Qingyuan Yang, Akila Sampath, Subashree Venkatasubramanian
arXiv AI
Jun 12

Scalable Deep Learning Framework for Global High-Resolution Land Use Reconstruction

arXiv:2606. 11793v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Uncertainty in the terrestrial carbon cycle remains a major constraint in climate projections, partly driven by the uncertainties affecting the land surface representation and variability in Earth system models.

By Amirpasha Mozaffari, Marina Casta\~no, Stefano Materia, Etienne Tourigny, Oscar Molina-Sedano, Jordi Varela-Agrelo, Dario Garcia-Gasulla, Miguel Castrillo Melguizo, Mario Acosta, Amanda Duarte