ML4WX

Downscaling & super-resolution

Investigating transformer‐based models for spatial downscaling and correcting biases of near‐surface temperature and wind‐speed forecasts

Xiaohui Zhong, Du Fei, Lei Chen, Zhibin Wang, Hao Li

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · · Alibaba (DAMO Academy), Fudan University (FuXi)

Paper

In one sentence. SwinIR and Uformer transformers downscale and bias-correct ECMWF HRES 2 m temperature and 10 m wind to 0.01°, outperforming UNet and RCAN baselines.

Labels

Topic
Downscaling & super-resolution, Post-processing & calibration
Type
New model or method
Method
Transformer / ViT
Time scale
6 h–3 days
Domain
Regional
Data
NWP analysis or forecasts (IFS, GFS, ...)
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1002/qj.4596 OpenAlex:W4387642293
Added
2026-10-22

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