Advances in Environmental Monitoring and Prediction

The field of environmental monitoring and prediction is rapidly evolving, with a focus on developing innovative methods and models to improve the accuracy and efficiency of forecasting and detection systems. Recent research has emphasized the importance of integrating multiple data sources and leveraging advanced technologies such as deep learning and computer vision to enhance the performance of these systems. Notably, the development of new architectures and models has led to significant improvements in object detection, image segmentation, and predictive analytics.

In the area of satellite imaging, researchers have proposed novel approaches to improve object localization and detection, leveraging techniques such as dilated convolutions and attention-aided spatial pooling. Similarly, in the realm of maritime monitoring, the use of Transformer models has emerged as a powerful tool for processing Automatic Identification System (AIS) data and predicting vessel trajectories.

The application of deep learning models has also been extended to precipitation forecasting, with models such as RainPro-8 demonstrating high-resolution probabilistic precipitation forecasting capabilities. Furthermore, the development of multi-regional and multi-satellite datasets, such as MFogHub, has facilitated the evaluation and improvement of marine fog detection and forecasting methods.

Some noteworthy papers in this area include the development of YOLO-DCAP, a novel enhanced version of YOLOv5 designed to improve object localization in satellite imagery, and the introduction of FengShun-CSM, an AI-based climate system model that provides 60-day global daily forecasts for 29 critical variables. Additionally, the proposal of NAS-DETR, a Detection Transformer architecture optimized with a Neural Architecture Search approach, has achieved state-of-the-art performance on sonar image detection tasks.

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Enhancing Satellite Object Localization with Dilated Convolutions and Attention-aided Spatial Pooling

OpenSky Report 2025: Improving Crowdsourced Flight Trajectories with ADS-C Data

A machine learning model for skillful climate system prediction

Underwater object detection in sonar imagery with detection transformer and Zero-shot neural architecture search

Digital-physical testbed for ship autonomy studies in the Marine Cybernetics Laboratory basin

L-SWAG: Layer-Sample Wise Activation with Gradients information for Zero-Shot NAS on Vision Transformers

AIS Data-Driven Maritime Monitoring Based on Transformer: A Comprehensive Review

HMPNet: A Feature Aggregation Architecture for Maritime Object Detection from a Shipborne Perspective

GreenFactory: Ensembling Zero-Cost Proxies to Estimate Performance of Neural Networks

RainPro-8: An Efficient Deep Learning Model to Estimate Rainfall Probabilities Over 8 Hours

MFogHub: Bridging Multi-Regional and Multi-Satellite Data for Global Marine Fog Detection and Forecasting

Score-based diffusion nowcasting of GOES imagery

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