用3D雷达数据融合物理模型与深度学习,提升极端降雨预报准确性。
Nowcast3D: Reliable precipitation nowcasting via gray-box learning
- 结合物理约束神经算子与扩散模型,实现3D雷达反射率场的端到端预报
- 在跨区域和时间外推测试中优于现有方法,3小时预报准确率领先
- 无需标注即可推断风场,支持物理合理的运动模拟,适合气象业务应用
可靠预测极端降水仍具挑战,因对流系统在三维空间中呈现强非线性、多尺度与非平稳特性。雷达是短时预报的核心,但现有方法难以捕捉极端事件:基于物理的外推无法反映系统发展与消散,确定性学习易过度平滑并低估峰值,纯生成模型常缺乏物理一致性。混合方法虽有改进,却多局限于二维反射率复合图,将大气简化为单层,忽略高度依赖的动力结构。本文提出 Nowcast3D,一种灰箱式全三维框架,直接处理体积分辨率雷达反射率数据。该端到端模型耦合物理约束神经算子(平流、局部扩散与微物理过程)与条件扩散模型,生成带不确定性量化的情景预报。在 $10.24^ imes 10.24^ ext{°}$ 省级区域训练,并在 $2.56^ ext{°} imes 2.56^ ext{°}$ 城市区域精细调优($0.01^ ext{°} ough 1\text{km}$),可提供长达3小时的近实时预报。在跨区域与时间外推测试中表现优于竞争基线。还能无监督推断风场,支持物理合理输运。全国范围内160名气象专家盲评中,其排名第一,57%的后评估中被首选,超过领先基线(27%)。结果凸显其在极端降水短时预报中的可靠性与业务价值。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Reliable nowcasting of extreme precipitation remains difficult because convective systems are strongly nonlinear, multiscale, and nonstationary in 3D. Radar is the backbone of nowcasting, yet existing methods struggle to predict extremes: physics-based extrapolation cannot capture growth and decay, deterministic learning tends to oversmooth and underestimate peaks, and purely generative models often lack physical consistency. Hybrid schemes help but are mostly limited to 2D composite reflectivity, collapsing the atmosphere into one layer and discarding vertical structure critical for height-dependent dynamics. We introduce Nowcast3D, a gray-box, fully 3D framework that works directly on volumetric radar reflectivity. The end-to-end model couples physically constrained neural operators (advection, local diffusion, and microphysics) with a conditional diffusion model to generate ensemble forecasts with quantified uncertainty. Trained on provincial-scale 3D volumes over a $10.24^\circ \times 10.24^\circ$ region and fine-tuned on a $2.56^\circ \times 2.56^\circ$ city region ($0.01^\circ \approx 1$ km), Nowcast3D provides near-real-time forecasts up to 3 h and outperforms competitive baselines in cross-region and temporal out-of-sample tests. It can also infer wind fields without labeled supervision, supporting physically plausible transport. In a nationwide blind evaluation by 160 meteorologists, Nowcast3D ranked first and was preferred in 57% of post-hoc assessments, surpassing the leading baseline (27%). These results highlight its reliability and operational value for extreme precipitation nowcasting.
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