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Extremes & hazards

Identifying Data Sources and Physical Strategies Used by Neural Networks to Predict TC Rapid Intensification

Ryan Lagerquist, John A. Knaff, Christopher J. Slocum, Kate D. Musgrave, Imme Ebert‐Uphoff

Weather and Forecasting · · Colorado State University (incl. CIRA), NOAA (incl. GFDL, PSL, GSL, NCEP/EMC)

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In one sentence. CNNs on satellite imagery add little skill over SHIPS scalars for 24-h tropical cyclone rapid intensification; XAI shows they rely on known features, with well-calibrated uncertainty.

Labels

Topic
Extremes & hazards, Explainability, uncertainty & physics
Type
New model or method
Method
CNN / U-Net
Time scale
6 h–3 days
Domain
Global
Data
Satellite, Other
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1175/waf-d-24-0166.1 OpenAlex:W4410397028
Added
2026-10-22

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