Sub-seasonal forecasting with a large ensemble of deep-learning weather prediction models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2102.05107v1
• Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 20:14:43 GMT
• Title: Sub-seasonal forecasting with a large ensemble of deep-learning weather prediction models
• Authors: Jonathan A. Weyn, Dale R. Durran, Rich Caruana, Nathaniel Cresswell-Clay
• Abstract summary: We present an ensemble prediction system using a Deep Learning Weather Prediction (DLWP) model. This model uses convolutional neural networks (CNNs) on a cubed sphere grid to produce global forecasts. Ensemble spread is primarily produced by randomizing the CNN training process to create a set of 32 DLWP models.
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• Abstract: We present an ensemble prediction system using a Deep Learning Weather Prediction (DLWP) model that recursively predicts key atmospheric variables with six-hour time resolution. This model uses convolutional neural networks (CNNs) on a cubed sphere grid to produce global forecasts. The approach is computationally efficient, requiring just three minutes on a single GPU to produce a 320-member set of six-week forecasts at 1.4{\deg} resolution. Ensemble spread is primarily produced by randomizing the CNN training process to create a set of 32 DLWP models with slightly different learned weights. Although our DLWP model does not forecast precipitation, it does forecast total column water vapor, and it gives a reasonable 4.5-day deterministic forecast of Hurricane Irma. In addition to simulating mid-latitude weather systems, it spontaneously generates tropical cyclones in a one-year free-running simulation. Averaged globally and over a two-year test set, the ensemble mean RMSE retains skill relative to climatology beyond two-weeks, with anomaly correlation coefficients remaining above 0.6 through six days. Our primary application is to subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasting at lead times from two to six weeks. Current forecast systems have low skill in predicting one- or 2-week-average weather patterns at S2S time scales. The continuous ranked probability score (CRPS) and the ranked probability skill score (RPSS) show that the DLWP ensemble is only modestly inferior in performance to the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) S2S ensemble over land at lead times of 4 and 5-6 weeks. At shorter lead times, the ECMWF ensemble performs better than DLWP.

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