[andrewla]

Is the plan to expand from weather forecasting into climate simulation? Given the complexity of the finding initial conditions on the earth, a non-physical (or only implicitly-physical) model seems like it could offer a very promising alternative to physical models. The existing physical models, while often grossly correct (in terms of averages), suffer from producing unphysical configurations on a local basis.

[nikhil-shankar]

Yes, 100%! We'll still take a statistical/distributional approach to long-ranged climate behavior rather than trying to predict exact atmospheric states. Keep an eye out for more news on this