Foundation Models for Weather and Climate Data Understanding: A
Comprehensive Survey
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.03014v1
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 01:10:54 GMT
- Title: Foundation Models for Weather and Climate Data Understanding: A
Comprehensive Survey
- Authors: Shengchao Chen, Guodong Long, Jing Jiang, Dikai Liu, and Chengqi Zhang
- Abstract summary: We offer an exhaustive, timely overview of state-of-the-art AI methodologies specifically engineered for weather and climate data.
Our primary coverage encompasses four critical aspects: types of weather and climate data, principal model, model scopes and applications, and datasets for weather and climate.
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- Abstract: As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rapidly evolve, the realm of
Earth and atmospheric sciences is increasingly adopting data-driven models,
powered by progressive developments in deep learning (DL). Specifically, DL
techniques are extensively utilized to decode the chaotic and nonlinear aspects
of Earth systems, and to address climate challenges via understanding weather
and climate data. Cutting-edge performance on specific tasks within narrower
spatio-temporal scales has been achieved recently through DL. The rise of large
models, specifically large language models (LLMs), has enabled fine-tuning
processes that yield remarkable outcomes across various downstream tasks,
thereby propelling the advancement of general AI. However, we are still
navigating the initial stages of crafting general AI for weather and climate.
In this survey, we offer an exhaustive, timely overview of state-of-the-art AI
methodologies specifically engineered for weather and climate data, with a
special focus on time series and text data. Our primary coverage encompasses
four critical aspects: types of weather and climate data, principal model
architectures, model scopes and applications, and datasets for weather and
climate. Furthermore, in relation to the creation and application of foundation
models for weather and climate data understanding, we delve into the field's
prevailing challenges, offer crucial insights, and propose detailed avenues for
future research. This comprehensive approach equips practitioners with the
requisite knowledge to make substantial progress in this domain. Our survey
encapsulates the most recent breakthroughs in research on large, data-driven
models for weather and climate data understanding, emphasizing robust
foundations, current advancements, practical applications, crucial resources,
and prospective research opportunities.
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