The field of environmental and weather forecasting is rapidly advancing with the development of new machine learning models and techniques. Recent research has focused on improving the accuracy and efficiency of forecasting models, particularly in the context of extreme weather events and climate change. One notable trend is the use of graph attention networks and transformer-based models to better capture spatial and temporal dependencies in weather data. Additionally, there is a growing interest in using explainable AI and interpretable models to provide more transparent and trustworthy forecasts. Another area of research is the development of more efficient and effective methods for predicting extreme weather events, such as heat waves and solar flares. Overall, these advancements have the potential to significantly improve our ability to predict and prepare for extreme weather events, ultimately saving lives and reducing economic losses. Noteworthy papers include the proposal of a novel approach to estimate the duration of severe weather-induced power outages through Graph Attention Networks, and the introduction of a unified hybrid Bayesian Deep Learning framework for ensemble weather forecasting.
Advancements in Environmental and Weather Forecasting
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Graph Attention Network for Predicting Duration of Large-Scale Power Outages Induced by Natural Disasters
Deep Learning for Short-Term Precipitation Prediction in Four Major Indian Cities: A ConvLSTM Approach with Explainable AI
A Comparison of Lightweight Deep Learning Models for Particulate-Matter Nowcasting in the Indian Subcontinent & Surrounding Regions
Computationally-efficient deep learning models for nowcasting of precipitation: A solution for the Weather4cast 2025 challenge
How many stations are sufficient? Exploring the effect of urban weather station density reduction on imputation accuracy of air temperature and humidity
Global Cross-Time Attention Fusion for Enhanced Solar Flare Prediction from Multivariate Time Series
MMWSTM-ADRAN+: A Novel Hybrid Deep Learning Architecture for Enhanced Climate Time Series Forecasting and Extreme Event Prediction
GREAT: Generalizable Representation Enhancement via Auxiliary Transformations for Zero-Shot Environmental Prediction
Seeing Beyond the Image: ECG and Anatomical Knowledge-Guided Myocardial Scar Segmentation from Late Gadolinium-Enhanced Images