ML4WX

Climate analysis & attribution

Southern Hemisphere Surface Warming Drives Southwestern U.S. Precipitation according to AI-Informed Climate Model Simulations

Marc J. Alessi, Charlotte J. Connolly, Elizabeth A. Barnes, Maria A. A. Rugenstein

Journal of Climate · · Colorado State University (incl. CIRA)

Paper

In one sentence. Explainable AI on a CNN links south-central Pacific SST warming to Southwest US precipitation, with an AGCM experiment confirming the causal pathway via a shifted ITCZ and jet.

Labels

Topic
Climate analysis & attribution, Explainability, uncertainty & physics
Type
Application study
Method
CNN / U-Net
Time scale
Climate projections / centennial
Domain
Regional
Data
Other
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1175/jcli-d-25-0176.1 OpenAlex:W4415518155
Added
2026-10-22

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