用扩散模型优化降水预报,让预测既准又少误报。
SynCast: Synergizing Contradictions in Precipitation Nowcasting via Diffusion Sequential Preference Optimization
- 用两阶段扩散偏好优化,逐步对齐冲突指标
- 在多个指标上同时提升,尤其降低误报率
- 适合需要高精度和稳定性的气象预警场景
基于雷达回波的降水短时预报在极端天气监测和防灾中至关重要。尽管深度学习已取得进展,但仍存在明显局限:确定性模型易过度平滑,难以捕捉极端事件和细粒度降水;概率生成模型因固有随机性,在不同指标间表现波动,极少实现一致最优。此外,降水预报常涉及多个内在冲突的评估指标,例如临界成功指数(CSI)与虚警率(FAR)之间存在权衡,使现有模型难以同时在两者上表现优异。为此,我们首次将偏好优化引入降水预报,受大语言模型中人类反馈强化学习启发,提出SynCast方法,采用扩散序列偏好优化(Diffusion-SPO)两阶段后训练框架,逐步对齐冲突指标并持续实现更优性能。第一阶段聚焦降低FAR,训练模型有效抑制虚警;在此基础上,第二阶段进一步优化CSI,同时约束保持对FAR的对齐,从而实现两类冲突指标的协同提升。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Precipitation nowcasting based on radar echoes plays a crucial role in monitoring extreme weather and supporting disaster prevention. Although deep learning approaches have achieved significant progress, they still face notable limitations. For example, deterministic models tend to produce over-smoothed predictions, which struggle to capture extreme events and fine-scale precipitation patterns. Probabilistic generative models, due to their inherent randomness, often show fluctuating performance across different metrics and rarely achieve consistently optimal results. Furthermore, precipitation nowcasting is typically evaluated using multiple metrics, some of which are inherently conflicting. For instance, there is often a trade-off between the Critical Success Index (CSI) and the False Alarm Ratio (FAR), making it challenging for existing models to deliver forecasts that perform well on both metrics simultaneously. To address these challenges, we introduce preference optimization into precipitation nowcasting for the first time, motivated by the success of reinforcement learning from human feedback in large language models. Specifically, we propose SynCast, a method that employs the two-stage post-training framework of Diffusion Sequential Preference Optimization (Diffusion-SPO), to progressively align conflicting metrics and consistently achieve superior performance. In the first stage, the framework focuses on reducing FAR, training the model to effectively suppress false alarms. Building on this foundation, the second stage further optimizes CSI with constraints that preserve FAR alignment, thereby achieving synergistic improvements across these conflicting metrics.
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