ML4WX

Explainability, uncertainty & physics

Making the Black Box More Transparent: Understanding the Physical Implications of Machine Learning

Amy McGovern, Ryan Lagerquist, David John Gagne, G. Eli Jergensen, Kimberly L. Elmore, Cameron R. Homeyer, Travis Smith

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · · NSF NCAR / UCAR, NOAA (incl. GFDL, PSL, GSL, NCEP/EMC), University of Oklahoma (AI2ES)

Paper

In one sentence. Synthesizes ML interpretation methods such as saliency maps and permutation importance, demonstrated on tornado, hail and convective-mode applications.

Labels

Topic
Explainability, uncertainty & physics, Extremes & hazards
Type
Review, survey or tutorial
Method
Classical ML (trees, GP, linear, kernels), CNN / U-Net
Domain
Regional
Data
Radar, NWP analysis or forecasts (IFS, GFS, ...)
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1175/bams-d-18-0195.1 OpenAlex:W2969309273
Added
2026-10-22

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