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Sub-seasonal to seasonal★ Highlight

A self-attention–based neural network for three-dimensional multivariate modeling and its skillful ENSO predictions

Lu Zhou, Rong-Hua Zhang

Science Advances · · Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST)

Paper

Why it matters. Transformer-based 3D model gives skillful ENSO forecasts to 18 months; a solid, widely cited step for ML seasonal prediction.

In one sentence. 3D-Geoformer, a self-attention transformer, predicts Niño3.4 SST anomalies 18 months ahead with high correlation skill for ENSO.

Labels

Topic
Sub-seasonal to seasonal, Climate analysis & attribution
Type
New model or method
Method
Transformer / ViT
Time scale
Seasonal to annual
Domain
Global
Data
ERA5 / reanalysis
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adf2827 OpenAlex:W4323637041
Added
2026-10-22

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