用GPT-4预测15天和12个月降雨,发现其依赖历史数据且易保守。
Exploring Large Language Models for Climate Forecasting
- 让GPT-4根据气候数据预测短期与长期降雨
- 无专家数据时模型倾向回归历史平均,预测偏保守
- 适合想快速获取气候趋势的非专业用户参考
随着气候变化影响加剧,社会对可获取、可靠的未来气候信息需求日益增长,以支持规划、金融等决策应用。大型语言模型(LLMs),如GPT-4,为连接复杂的气候数据与普通公众提供了新路径,使非专业人士可通过自然语言交互获得关键气候洞察。然而,一个关键挑战尚未充分探索:评估LLMs提供准确可靠未来气候预测的能力,这对依赖气候趋势预判的应用至关重要。本研究探究了GPT-4在短时间尺度(15天)和长时间尺度(12个月)降雨预测中的表现。我们设计了一系列实验,评估模型在有无专家数据输入的不同条件下性能。结果表明,当独立运行时,GPT-4倾向于生成保守预测,在缺乏明显趋势信号时常回归至历史平均值。本研究揭示了将LLMs用于未来气候预测的潜力与挑战,为模型在气候相关应用中的集成提供了洞见,并指出了提升其预测能力的方向。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
With the increasing impacts of climate change, there is a growing demand for accessible tools that can provide reliable future climate information to support planning, finance, and other decision-making applications. Large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4, present a promising approach to bridging the gap between complex climate data and the general public, offering a way for non-specialist users to obtain essential climate insights through natural language interaction. However, an essential challenge remains under-explored: evaluating the ability of LLMs to provide accurate and reliable future climate predictions, which is crucial for applications that rely on anticipating climate trends. In this study, we investigate the capability of GPT-4 in predicting rainfall at short-term (15-day) and long-term (12-month) scales. We designed a series of experiments to assess GPT's performance under different conditions, including scenarios with and without expert data inputs. Our results indicate that GPT, when operating independently, tends to generate conservative forecasts, often reverting to historical averages in the absence of clear trend signals. This study highlights both the potential and challenges of applying LLMs for future climate predictions, providing insights into their integration with climate-related applications and suggesting directions for enhancing their predictive capabilities in the field.
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