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Learned implicit representations of aerosol chemistry and physics for enhancing the predictability of water cycle extreme events

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1769735· OSTI ID:1769735
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  1. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Focal Area(s): Focal area 2: Predictive modeling through the use of AI-derived model components; and Focal area 3: physics-guided AI. Science Challenge: Comprehensive models of many geophysical processes require a large number of state variables, disqualifying them for inclusion in Earth System Models (ESMs) for the foreseeable future. This white paper proposes the paradigm shift from the use of state variables representing explicit physical quantities to the use of machine-learning to create and integrate a compact, implicit representation of a physical system with a smaller number of state variables. As an initial application, we propose to create parsimonious machine-learned surrogate models of gas- and aerosol-phase chemistry and physics with the purpose of improving the accuracy of the representation of cloud formation and cloud-aerosol interaction in the E3SM model. This type of improved representation of cloud microphysics is critical for enhancing the predictability of water cycle extremes.
Research Organization:
Artificial Intelligence for Earth System Predictability (AI4ESP) Collaboration (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI ID:
1769735
Report Number(s):
AI4ESP--1132
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English