arXiv AI

TianJi-Environ: An Autonomous AI Scientist for Atmospheric Environmental Research

arXiv:2606. 07697v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As atmospheric environmental prediction continues to improve, interpretable validation of pollution mechanisms and feedback processes has become a main challenge in atmospheric chemistry.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 24

Toward Mechanistic Interpretability of an AI Foundation Model Fine-Tuned for Atmospheric Chemistry

arXiv:2607. 20778v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Weather forecasting foundation models (FMs) are increasingly fine-tuned to predict air quality, offering fast global pollution forecasts at lower computational cost than conventional chemical transport models.

By Jason Y. Hu, Ivan Higuera-Mendieta, Patrick Obin Sturm, Makoto M. Kelp
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 20

Tianmu-TC: Physics-constraints Generative Artificial Intelligence for Global Tropical Cyclone Forecasting

Tianmu-TC is a physics‑constraints generative AI framework designed for global tropical cyclone forecasting. Trained on Western North Pacific data, it produces controllable outputs with reduced uncertainty, outperforming both deterministic and ensemble meteorological AI models as well as the ECMWF NWP system across global ocean basins. The model also demonstrates strong performance in challenging scenarios such as data sparsity, anomaly tracks, rapid intensification, and weakening, while maintaining significantly lower computational cost.

By Shiqi Zhang, Pan Mu, Cheng Huang, Hanting Yan, Yuchao Zhu, Jinglin Zhang, Shengyong Chen, Shoujuan Shu, Cong Bai
arXiv AI
Jul 28

Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Predicting Nitrous Oxide Flux

arXiv:2607. 23880v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Nitrous oxide (N$_2$O) is the dominant ozone-depleting substance emitted in the 21st century, and the third largest contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gases due to its high potency and long atmospheric lifetime, with more than 70% of N$_2$O emissions occurring as a result of agricultural processes.

By Freddy Yu, Jashanjeet Kaur Dhaliwal, Subhadeep Chakraborty
arXiv AI
Jun 12

TerraBench: Can Agents Reason Over Heterogeneous Earth-System Data?

arXiv:2606. 13148v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Climate and environmental decision-making increasingly requires reasoning across heterogeneous inputs, including gridded physical data, satellite imagery, geospatial context, and simulator outputs.

By Dat Tien Nguyen, Thao Nguyen, Fadillah Adamsyah Maani, Huy M. Le, Muhammad Umer Sheikh, Numan Saeed, Muhammad Haris Khan, Salman Khan
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