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Microsoft launches the first AI-based weather forecasting system Aurora (microsoft.com)
3 points by BensonGao 739 days ago
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Aurora can generate 5-day global air pollution forecasts and 10-day high-resolution weather forecasts in less than a minute. Aurora performs excellently in air quality forecasting, capable of providing predictions comparable to CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) at a lower computational cost. Aurora performs weather forecasting with 0.1° accuracy, capable of accurately predicting extreme weather events such as storm Ciarán. Aurora outperforms existing AI models and numerical weather prediction models in forecasting extreme values. Aurora excels in pre-training on diverse datasets, outperforming specialized deep learning models and state-of-the-art numerical weather prediction models