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★ FuXi Weather: A data-to-forecast machine learning system for global weather

Xiuyu Sun, Xiaohui Zhong, Xiaoze Xu et al. · Nature Communications ·

FuXi Weather is an ML system that assimilates multi-satellite observations and produces 10-day global forecasts, outperforming ECMWF HRES in observation-sparse regions like central Africa.

Data assimilationChina Meteorological Administration (CMA)Fudan University (FuXi)Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)Tsinghua University (NowcastNet)University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

DSRSS-Net: Improved-Resolution Snow Cover Mapping from FY-4A Satellite Images Using the Dual-Branch Super-Resolution Semantic Segmentation Network

Xi Kan, Zhengsong Lu, Yonghong Zhang et al. · Remote Sensing ·

DSRSS-Net jointly super-resolves and segments FY-4A imagery for snow-cover mapping on the Tibetan Plateau, improving classification accuracy by 4.45% over MOD10A1.

Observations & remote sensingNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

Improving Seasonal Forecast of Summer Precipitation in Southeastern China using CycleGAN Deep Learning Bias Correction

Song Yang, Fenghua Ling, Lei Bai et al. · preprint ·

CycleGAN bias correction of NUIST-CFS summer precipitation forecasts in southeastern China outperforms quantile mapping and better captures extreme precipitation frequency and intensity.

Post-processing & calibrationShanghai Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)

A Deep‐Learning Ensemble Method to Detect Atmospheric Rivers and Its Application to Projected Changes in Precipitation Regime

Yuan Tian, Yang Zhao, Seok‐Woo Son et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·

An ensemble of 20 segmentation networks detects atmospheric rivers with 1.7–10.1% higher IoU; CMIP6 projections show AR-driven extreme precipitation rising under SSP5-8.5.

Extremes & hazardsNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

★ FengWu: Pushing the Skillful Global Medium-range Weather Forecast beyond 10 Days Lead

Kang Chen, Tao Han, Junchao Gong et al. · Commun. Earth Environ. 6, 518 (2025) ·

FengWu is a multi-modal transformer forecasting system that extends skillful forecasts to 10.75 days, beating GraphCast on 80% of 880 predictands.

Global medium-range NWPInstitute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Prediction of ENSO using multivariable deep learning

Yue Chen, Xiaomeng Huang, Jing‐Jia Luo et al. · Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters ·

A residual network with automatically selected precursors predicts ENSO up to 8 months ahead, with a 6-month correlation of 0.82 beating the multi-model mean of 0.70.

Sub-seasonal to seasonalTsinghua University (NowcastNet)Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Retrieval of Atmospheric Water Vapor Content in the Environment from AHI/H8 Using Both Physical and Random Forest Methods—A Case Study for Typhoon Maria (201808)

Linyan Zhu, Ronglian Zhou, Di Di et al. · Remote Sensing ·

Random forest retrieves Himawari-8 AHI water vapor 35–45% more accurately than 1DVAR at much lower cost, demonstrated for Typhoon Maria.

Observations & remote sensingNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

Statistical Downscaling of Temperature Distributions in Southwest China by Using Terrain-Guided Attention Network

Guangyu Liu, Rui Zhang, Renlong Hang et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing ·

Terrain-guided attention CNN downscales 2 m air temperature from 0.0625° to 0.01° over Southwest China, reaching 1.12 °C RMSE using DEM attention blocks.

Downscaling & super-resolutionNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

An Improved Cluster‐Wise Typhoon Rainfall Forecasting Model Based on Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models Over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean

Md. Jalal Uddin, Yubin Li, Md. Abdus Sattar et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·

Cluster-wise typhoon rainfall model combines SVM, RF, AdaBoost, CNN and LSTM with grid-search tuning, claiming 45–90% forecast efficiency gains for 1–6 h lead times.

Extremes & hazardsNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)

Increasing Frequency of Anomalous Precipitation Events in Japan Detected by a Deep Learning Autoencoder

Hiroyuki Murakami, Thomas L. Delworth, William F. Cooke et al. · Earth s Future ·

A deep autoencoder detects anomalous heavy precipitation events in Japan and attributes their increase since 1977 partly to anthropogenic forcing, with more expected this century.

Climate analysis & attributionNOAA (incl. GFDL, PSL, GSL, NCEP/EMC)NSF NCAR / UCARPrinceton UniversityNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)

Modeling of tropical cyclone activity over the North Indian Ocean using generalised additive model and machine learning techniques: role of Boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation

Md Wahiduzzaman, Jing‐Jia Luo · Natural Hazards ·

Generalised additive and machine learning models link North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone activity to boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation; no abstract was available, so this rests on the title.

Extremes & hazardsNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)

Deep Learning for Polarimetric Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation during Landfalling Typhoons in South China

Yonghua Zhang, Shuoben Bi, Liping Liu et al. · Remote Sensing ·

QPENet deep learning on dual-polarization radar, trained on 11 typhoons, beats DSD-based parametric QPE for rainfall estimation in South China.

Observations & remote sensingNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)Colorado State University (incl. CIRA)China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

Application of a Radar Echo Extrapolation‐Based Deep Learning Method in Strong Convection Nowcasting

Jian Yin, Zhiqiu Gao, Wei Han · Earth and Space Science ·

Trains ConvGRU radar echo extrapolation with SSIM and MS-SSIM losses to reduce blurring; MS-SSIM gives the most realistic strong-echo forecasts out to 2 hours.

NowcastingNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina Meteorological Administration (CMA)

Estimating the Key Parameter of a Tropical Cyclone Wind Field Model over the Northwest Pacific Ocean: A Comparison between Neural Networks and Statistical Models

Ziyao Sun, Biao Zhang, Jie Tang · Remote Sensing ·

Backpropagation neural network estimates the Holland B wind-field parameter for Northwest Pacific typhoons from pressure difference, improving super-typhoon wind speed estimates over statistical models.

Extremes & hazardsNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

Improving the Accuracy of Subseasonal Forecasting of China Precipitation With a Machine Learning Approach

Cen Wang, Zhaoying Jia, Zhaohui Yin et al. · Frontiers in Earth Science ·

Multitask local linear regression predicts China precipitation 2–6 weeks ahead with skill 0.11, rising to 0.13 when the Arctic Oscillation index is added.

Sub-seasonal to seasonalNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesBaidu

Statistical downscaling of daily temperature and precipitation over China using deep learning neural models: Localization and comparison with other methods

Lei Sun, Yufeng Lan · International Journal of Climatology ·

CNN statistical downscaling of daily temperature and precipitation over China outperforms GLM and BCSD/BCCI for precipitation, though ERA-Interim is better for temporal correlation.

Downscaling & super-resolutionNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)

Estimating Summertime Precipitation from Himawari-8 and Global Forecast System Based on Machine Learning

Min Min, Chen Bai, Jianping Guo et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·

Random forest estimates summertime precipitation from Himawari-8 infrared brightness temperatures plus GFS predictors, reaching 0.87 classification accuracy and 2.0 mm/h RMSE against GPM.

Observations & remote sensingNanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)China Meteorological Administration (CMA)