Sack Lunch Seminar (SLS) Series: Tom Beucler (UC Irvine/Columbia)
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual EventAtmospheric Physics-Guided Machine Learning: Towards Physically-Consistent, Data-Driven, and Interpretable Models of ConvectionÂ
Data-driven algorithms, in particular neural networks, can emulate the effect of unresolved processes in coarse-resolution climate models if trained on high-resolution simulation or observational data. However, they lack interpretability, may violate key physical constraints, and make large errors when evaluated outside of their training set. In this seminar, I will share recent progress towards overcoming these three challenges in the particular case of machine learning the effect of subgrid-scale convection and clouds on the large-scale climate. First, machine learning interpretability tools can be tailored to stabilize data-driven models of convection and confirm that they behave consistently with observations. Second, physical constraints can be enforced in neural networks, either approximately by adapting the loss function or to within machine precision by adapting the architecture. Third, as these physical constraints are insufficient to guarantee generalizability, I additionally propose to physically rescale the inputs and outputs of machine learning algorithms to help them generalize to unseen climates. Overall, these results suggest that explicitly incorporating physical knowledge into data-driven models of climate processes may improve their consistency, stability, and ability to generalize across climate regimes.
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The Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Sack Lunch Seminar Series is an informal seminar series within PAOC that focuses on more specialized topics than the PAOC Colloquium. Seminar topics include all research concerning the science of atmosphere, ocean and climate. The seminars usually take place on Wednesdays from 12-1pm in 54-915. The presentations are either given by an invited speaker or by a member of PAOC and can focus on new research or discussion of a paper of particular interest.
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