Kolmogorov Arnold Neural Interpolator for Downscaling and Correcting Meteorological Fields from In-Situ Observations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14404v1
• Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:18:19 GMT
• Title: Kolmogorov Arnold Neural Interpolator for Downscaling and Correcting Meteorological Fields from In-Situ Observations
• Authors: Zili Liu, Hao Chen, Lei Bai, Wenyuan Li, Zhengxia Zou, Zhenwei Shi,
• Abstract summary: We propose the Kolmogorov Arnold Neural Interpolator (KANI), a framework that redefines meteorological field representation as continuous neural functions.<n>KANI captures the inherent continuity of atmospheric states and leverages sparse in-situ observations to correct these biases systematically.<n> Experimental results indicate that KANI achieves an accuracy improvement of 40.28% for temperature and 67.41% for wind speed.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Obtaining accurate weather forecasts at station locations is a critical challenge due to systematic biases arising from the mismatch between multi-scale, continuous atmospheric characteristic and their discrete, gridded representations. Previous works have primarily focused on modeling gridded meteorological data, inherently neglecting the off-grid, continuous nature of atmospheric states and leaving such biases unresolved. To address this, we propose the Kolmogorov Arnold Neural Interpolator (KANI), a novel framework that redefines meteorological field representation as continuous neural functions derived from discretized grids. Grounded in the Kolmogorov Arnold theorem, KANI captures the inherent continuity of atmospheric states and leverages sparse in-situ observations to correct these biases systematically. Furthermore, KANI introduces an innovative zero-shot downscaling capability, guided by high-resolution topographic textures without requiring high-resolution meteorological fields for supervision. Experimental results across three sub-regions of the continental United States indicate that KANI achieves an accuracy improvement of 40.28% for temperature and 67.41% for wind speed, highlighting its significant improvement over traditional interpolation methods. This enables continuous neural representation of meteorological variables through neural networks, transcending the limitations of conventional grid-based representations.

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