arXiv Machine Learning

Physics-Refined Spatiotemporal Forecasting on Open-Boundary Hydrologic Graphs

The paper introduces a physics‑refined framework for spatiotemporal forecasting on open‑boundary hydrologic graphs, addressing instability caused by missing external boundary forcing. It learns ghost node proxies to approximate unobserved inputs and applies two physics refiners: one enforcing local consistency with two‑hop neighbors, and another using a physics‑guided graph neural operator to reduce long‑horizon drift. Experiments on two real‑world hydrologic graphs show improved prediction accuracy and stability compared to existing learning‑based and physics‑informed models.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 22

TWIG: A Time-Causal Wavelet Operator for Autoregressive Forecasting on Irregular Graphs

TWIG (Time‑Causal Wavelet Operator for Irregular Graphs) is a graph‑native neural operator designed for autoregressive surrogate modeling on static irregular graphs. It transforms each node’s history into causal multiscale temporal features, separating recent changes from slower memory components, and propagates these through graph‑wavelet operator blocks with gated pointwise channel mixing. The architecture is causal by construction, enabling closed‑loop forecasting where predictions are recursively reused as future inputs, and it consistently outperforms non‑time‑causal baselines across three irregular‑domain forecasting problems.

By Subashree Venkatasubramanian, David A. Barajas-Solano, Chuyang Liu, Daniel M. Tartakovsky, Dipankar Dwivedi
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 18

INDEQS: Informed Neural controlled Differential EQuationS

arXiv:2606. 19138v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Neural Controlled Differential Equations (NCDE) provide a powerful continuous-time framework for forecasting time series, but standard graph-based extensions typically learn spatial structure purely from data, even in settings where a directed graph structure is known a priori.

By Michael Detzel, Gabriel Nobis, Kristiyan Blagov, Juri Schubert, Jackie Ma, Wojciech Samek
arXiv AI
Jul 28

AIFL: A Global Daily Streamflow Forecasting Model Using a Deterministic LSTM Pre-trained on ERA5-Land and Fine-tuned on IFS

arXiv:2602. 16579v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Reliable global streamflow forecasting is essential for flood preparedness and water resource management, yet data-driven models often suffer from a performance gap when transitioning from historical reanalysis to operational forecast products.

By Maria Luisa Taccari, Kenza Tazi, Ois\'in M. Morrison, Andreas Grafberger, Juan Colonese, Corentin Carton de Wiart, Christel Prudhomme, Cinzia Mazzetti, Matthew Chantry, Florian Pappenberger
arXiv AI
Sep 18

Physical knowledge on historical data matters more than enforcing physical constraints on the forecast

The paper introduces a Physics Informed Recurrent Neural Network (PIRNN) that simultaneously predicts target time series and unobservable intermediate physical variables, enhancing robustness and interpretability. It adapts to any physical model with multiple equations and variables, demonstrated on groundwater level predictions using the Gardenia model. Experiments on twelve real‑world datasets show PIRNN outperforming several neural network baselines and the Gardenia model, with an ablation study confirming the value of physical knowledge.

By Etienne Lehembre (CA, LIFO), Pascal Audigane (BRGM), Vincent Nguyen (LIFO), Christel Vrain (LIFO, CA), Thi-Bich-Hanh Dao (LIFO, CA)
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 26

Topology enables learning-based hydrodynamic prediction of the global river system

arXiv:2602.22293v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Accurate river prediction is essential for water, food and energy security, yet remains challenging across entire river networks. Machine learning...

By Hancheng Ren, Gang Zhao, Shuo Wang, Louise Slater, Dai Yamazaki, Shu Liu, Jingfang Fan, Xueying Li, Shibo Cui, Ziming Yu, Shengyu Kang, Depeng Zuo, Dingzhi Peng, Zongxue Xu, Bo Pang