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Complementary error structures of AI and numerical models in forecasting boundary-layer jets over the South China Sea
This study systematically evaluates AI (Pangu) and numerical (ECMWF) models for forecasting boundary-layer jets (BLJs) over the South China Sea. Pangu demonstrates superior overall accuracy but underestimates intensity with a northeastward core shift. ECMWF overestimates intensity with a northwestward shift and clockwise bias. By leveraging these complementary errors, a novel U-Net-based blending framework achieves significant improvements, reducing RMSE by 23.32% (vs. ECMWF) and 7.01% (vs. Pangu) and increasing Threat Score by 8.68% (vs. ECMWF) and 7.82% (vs. Pangu). This highlights deep learning's power as a post-processing tool for enhancing physics-based predictions in critical weather forecasting.
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Enterprise Process Flow
Multi-source Input Preparation (ECMWF & Pangu U/V winds)
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U-Net Encoder Processing (Feature extraction & downsampling)
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U-Net Decoder & Skip Connections (Fine-scale reconstruction & upsampling)
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Blended Zonal & Meridional Wind Output
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Composite Loss Function Optimization (MAE, MR, FAR integration)
| Metric | ECMWF | Pangu | Blended | Blended Skill vs. ECMWF | Blended Skill vs. Pangu |
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| TS | 0.634 | 0.639 | 0.689 | 8.68%* | 7.82%* |
| BLJ RMSE (m s⁻¹) | 1.887 | 1.556 | 1.447 | 23.32%* | 7.01%* |
| non-BLJ RMSE (m s⁻¹) | 1.752 | 1.441 | 1.367 | 21.97%* | 5.14%* |
| Area (km²) | 30934.280 | 45690.557 | 11950.247 | 61.37%* | 73.85%* |
| Intensity (m s⁻¹) | 0.165 | 0.252 | 0.051 | 69.09%* | 79.76%* |
| Wind direction (°) | 3.251 | 0.586 | 0.406 | 87.51%* | 30.72%* |
| Core position (km) | 39.546 | 34.359 | 19.702 | 50.18%* | 42.66%* |
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Key Insights from the Study
Complementary Error Structures: ECMWF overestimates BLJ intensity and spatial extent, with a northwestward core displacement and a clockwise wind-direction bias. In contrast, Pangu underestimates intensity, showing a northeastward core shift and a counterclockwise bias. This highlights fundamental differences in their underlying mechanisms.
AI Model Strengths: The AI-based Pangu model exhibits superior overall accuracy in low-level wind field forecasting, with lower RMSE and higher spatial correlation. It excels in non-BLJ events but tends to underpredict extreme winds, likely regressing towards climatological means.
Physics-based Model Limitations: ECMWF captures extreme wind events more effectively but suffers from pronounced diurnal error oscillations, particularly during sunrise and sunset transitions. These are attributed to limitations in boundary layer parameterizations, which AI models avoid by learning directly from data.
Blending Framework Efficacy: The U-Net-based blending framework significantly improves BLJ prediction skill by exploiting the complementary error structures. It achieved substantial reductions in RMSE and increases in Threat Score compared to individual models, demonstrating that deep learning can serve as a powerful post-processing tool.
Non-linear Synergy: The blending framework's success is not merely due to simple error cancellation. Its U-Net architecture dynamically extracts and fuses multi-scale features, combined with a composite loss function, to achieve optimal performance and robustly address high-intensity BLJ events.
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