arXiv:2606.17553cs.LG2026-06

用因果网络检测地理临界点,提升早期预警准确性。

SpatioTemporal Causal Network Diagnostics for Geographic Tipping Point Early Warning

论文配图:SpatioTemporal Causal Network Diagnostics for Geographic Tipping Point Early Warning
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  • 构建动态因果网络,基于信息流替代固定邻域。
  • 识别高波动、高同步、低耦合的脆弱子区域。
  • 在海温数据上优于传统方法,适合地球系统预警。

生态系统、气候子系统或冰盖中的地理临界点对局部早期预警构成严峻挑战。经典空间指标如莫兰指数虽能总结全局空间结构,但面临空间稀释、欧氏假设和相关噪声三大问题。本文提出时空因果网络诊断(ST-CND)框架,将地理场表示为时变有向因果网络。核心流程包括:(1) 通过传递熵推断哪些空间节点有助于预测其他节点,以数据驱动的信息流拓扑替代固定的欧氏邻域;(2) 利用动态模态分解估计候选子网络内的局部恢复速率;(3) 通过融合三类信号——内部波动高、内部同步高、外部耦合低——识别最脆弱子网络,从而抑制由空间相关噪声引发的误报。在合成分岔及两个观测海表温度基准数据集(印度洋-太平洋SST与北大西洋AMOC)上验证,ST-CND实现局部可解释的预警。在AMOC任务中,其AUROC达0.783,关键子网络交并比(IoU)为0.378,优于递归网络与lambda-AR1基线。该框架为地球系统科学中的空间早期预警提供了可解释且可扩展的解决方案。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Geographic tipping points in ecosystems, climate subsystems, or ice sheets pose severe challenges for localized early warning. Classical spatial indicators such as Moran's I summarize global spatial structure, but they struggle with three issues: spatial dilution, Euclidean assumptions, and correlated noise. This paper introduces SpatioTemporal Causal Network Diagnostics (ST-CND), a framework that addresses these three issues by representing the geographic field as a time-evolving directed causal network. The core workflow is as follows: (1) infer which spatial nodes help predict other nodes via transfer entropy, replacing fixed Euclidean neighborhoods with data-driven information-flow topology; (2) estimate local recovery rates within each candidate subnetwork via dynamic mode decomposition; and (3) identify the most vulnerable subnetwork by combining three signals, namely high internal fluctuation, high internal synchronization, and low external coupling, thereby suppressing false alarms from spatially correlated noise. Validated on synthetic bifurcations and two observational sea-surface temperature benchmarks, namely Indo-Pacific SST and North Atlantic AMOC, ST-CND delivers localized and interpretable warnings. On the AMOC task, it achieves an AUROC of 0.783 and a critical-subnetwork IoU of 0.378, outperforming recurrence-network and lambda-AR1 baselines. The framework provides an interpretable and scalable pipeline for spatial early warning in Earth system science.

临界点预警因果网络地球系统时间序列

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