ML4WX

Global medium-range NWP

The Primacy of Physical Simulation in the Age of AI: A Critique of ML for Weather Forecasting

Leonard A. Smith, Alan J. Thorpe

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · · University of Reading

Paper

In one sentence. Position paper arguing that statistical ML cannot and should not replace physics-based simulation for weather forecasting.

Labels

Topic
Global medium-range NWP
Type
Position or perspective paper
Domain
Global
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1175/bams-d-25-0214.1 OpenAlex:W7148594416
Added
2026-10-22

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