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Data-driven global ocean model resolving ocean-atmosphere coupling dynamics

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10908v1
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:45:15 GMT
Title: Data-driven global ocean model resolving ocean-atmosphere coupling dynamics
Authors: Jeong-Hwan Kim, Daehyun Kang, Young-Min Yang, Jae-Heung Park, Yoo-Geun Ham,
Abstract summary: This study presents KIST-Ocean, a deep learning (DL)-based global three-dimensional ocean general circulation model.<n>It integrates partial convolution, adversarial training, and transfer learning to address coastal complexity and predictive distribution drift.<n>It accurately captures realistic ocean response, such as Kelvin and Rossby wave propagation in the tropical Pacific, and vertical motions induced by cyclonic and anticyclonic wind stress.
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Abstract: Artificial intelligence has advanced global weather forecasting, outperforming traditional numerical models in both accuracy and computational efficiency. Nevertheless, extending predictions beyond subseasonal timescales requires the development of deep learning (DL)-based ocean-atmosphere coupled models that can realistically simulate complex oceanic responses to atmospheric forcing. This study presents KIST-Ocean, a DL-based global three-dimensional ocean general circulation model using a U-shaped visual attention adversarial network architecture. KIST-Ocean integrates partial convolution, adversarial training, and transfer learning to address coastal complexity and predictive distribution drift in auto-regressive models. Comprehensive evaluations confirmed the model's robust ocean predictive skill and efficiency. Moreover, it accurately captures realistic ocean response, such as Kelvin and Rossby wave propagation in the tropical Pacific, and vertical motions induced by cyclonic and anticyclonic wind stress, demonstrating its ability to represent key ocean-atmosphere coupling mechanisms underlying climate phenomena, including the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. These findings reinforce confidence in DL-based global weather and climate models and their extending DL-based approaches to broader Earth system modeling, offering potential for enhancing climate prediction capabilities.

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