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3 claims from 1 paper

  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

    Interpreting and Stabilizing Machine-Learning Parametrizations of Convection

    Brenowitz, Beucler, Pritchard and Bretherton · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2020

    The paper introduces tools to interpret neural-network convection parametrizations and to diagnose why they become unstable when coupled to atmospheric dynamics, testing them on two sets of networks.

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    1. UncheckedNeural networks trained on two different simulations both predict stronger heating and drying in moist, unstable air, despite one simulation being warmer.“Even though the SPCAM simulation has a warmer climate than the cloud-resolving model, both neural networks predict stronger heating/drying in moist and unstable environments, which is consistent with observations.”
    2. UncheckedA spectral analysis of neural-network convection schemes can predict instability when coupled models support unstable gravity waves faster than 5 m/s.“Moreover, the spectral analysis can predict that instability occurs when GCMs are coupled to networks that support gravity waves that are unstable and have phase speeds larger than 5 m/s.”
    3. Unchecked“In contrast, standing unstable modes do not cause catastrophic instability.”

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