用卫星数据实现全球精准短时降雨预报,模型融合物理规律与深度学习。
Precipitation nowcasting of satellite data using physically-aligned neural networks
- 分解预报为运动与强度场,结合光流监督与可微平流算子
- 在4个不同气候区、10-180分钟预报中,多数情况下精度领先
- 模型运行快、结果可解释,适合极端天气频发地区使用
准确的短时降雨预报通常依赖密集的气象雷达网络,但在气候极端地区难以部署。本文提出TUPANN(可迁移通用物理对齐预报网络),仅基于GOES-16 RRQPE卫星数据训练。不同于多数深度学习预报模型,TUPANN将预报分解为物理意义明确的成分:变分编码器-解码器在光流监督下推断运动与强度场,带时间条件的MaxViT演化潜在状态,可微平流算子重建未来帧。我们在GOES-16和IMERG数据上评估该模型,覆盖里约热内卢、马瑙斯、迈阿密、拉巴斯4个不同气候区,预报时效达10–180分钟,阈值为4–64 mm/h,采用CSI和HSS指标。相比光流、深度学习及混合基线模型,TUPANN在多数设置下达到最优或次优性能,尤其在高降水阈值下提升显著。多城市联合训练进一步提升表现,跨城市实验显示在罕见强降雨场景中存在轻微下降或偶尔增益。模型生成平滑可解释的运动场,与数值光流一致,且因GOES-16低延迟特性,可近实时运行。结果表明,物理对齐学习能实现高技能、可迁移、全球适用的短时预报。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Accurate short-term precipitation forecasts predominantly rely on dense weather-radar networks, limiting operational value in places most exposed to climate extremes. We present TUPANN (Transferable and Universal Physics-Aligned Nowcasting Network), a satellite-only model trained on GOES-16 RRQPE. Unlike most deep learning models for nowcasting, TUPANN decomposes the forecast into physically meaningful components: a variational encoder-decoder infers motion and intensity fields from recent imagery under optical-flow supervision, a lead-time-conditioned MaxViT evolves the latent state, and a differentiable advection operator reconstructs future frames. We evaluate TUPANN on both GOES-16 and IMERG data, in up to four distinct climates (Rio de Janeiro, Manaus, Miami, La Paz) at 10-180min lead times using the CSI and HSS metrics over 4-64 mm/h thresholds. Comparisons against optical-flow, deep learning and hybrid baselines show that TUPANN achieves the best or second-best skill in most settings, with pronounced gains at higher thresholds. Training on multiple cities further improves performance, while cross-city experiments show modest degradation and occasional gains for rare heavy-rain regimes. The model produces smooth, interpretable motion fields aligned with numerical optical flow and runs in near real time due to the low latency of GOES-16. These results indicate that physically aligned learning can provide nowcasts that are skillful, transferable and global.
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