arXiv Machine Learning By Anna Allen, Wessel P. Bruinsma, Michael Maier-Gerber, Harrison Cook, Matthew Chantry, Richard E. Turner

AIFS-TC: A simple correction competitive with the operational frontier for tropical cyclone intensity forecasting

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arXiv:2608. 09959v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI weather models are in the process of revolutionising weather forecasting.

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