Hybrid ensemble forecasting combining physics-based and machine-learning predictions through spectral nudging

This paper introduces a novel hybrid ensemble forecasting framework that uses spectral nudging to integrate machine-learned large-scale guidance with physics-based mesoscale dynamics, resulting in significant forecast skill improvements of up to two days in the tropics and enhanced tropical cyclone track predictions without compromising storm intensity or ensemble spread.

Inna Polichtchouk, Simon Lang, Sarah-Jane Lock, Michael Maier-Gerber, Peter DuebenMon, 09 Ma🔬 physics

The Rise of AI in Weather and Climate Information and its Impact on Global Inequality

This paper argues that while AI promises to revolutionize climate information, its current reliance on Global North-dominated infrastructure and biased data risks exacerbating global inequality, necessitating a shift toward data-centric development, shared digital public infrastructure, and co-produced knowledge to ensure equitable outcomes.

Amirpasha Mozaffari, Amanda Duarte, Lina Teckentrup, Stefano Materia, Gina E. C. Charnley, Lluis Palma, Eulalia Baulenas Serra, Dragana Bojovic, Paula Checchia, Aude Carreric, Francisco Doblas-ReyesMon, 09 Ma🤖 cs.AI

Global Abiotic Sulfur Cycling on Earth-like Terrestrial Planets

This paper presents an open-source dynamical box model to simulate global abiotic sulfur cycling on Earth-like planets, revealing that the absence of life would result in marine sediment sulfate concentrations two orders of magnitude higher and sulfide concentrations four orders of magnitude lower than on present-day Earth.

Rafael Rianço-Silva, Javed Akhter Mondal, Matthew A. Pasek, Henry Jurney, Marcos Jusino-Maldonado, Henderson James CleavesMon, 09 Ma🔭 astro-ph

Climate Downscaling with Stochastic Interpolants (CDSI)

This paper introduces Climate Downscaling with Stochastic Interpolants (CDSI), a cost-effective, data-driven method that leverages stochastic interpolants to efficiently transform coarse global climate model outputs into accurate high-resolution regional projections, thereby enabling broader ensemble simulations and improved uncertainty quantification compared to traditional Regional Climate Models.

Erik Larsson, Ramon Fuentes-Franco, Mikhail Ivanov + 1 more2026-03-05🔬 physics

Automated Analysis of Ripple-Scale Gravity Wave Structures in the Mesosphere Using Convolutional Neural Networks

This study develops a convolutional neural network framework to automatically detect and statistically characterize ripple-scale gravity wave structures in mesospheric airglow imagery, thereby advancing the understanding of instability-driven atmospheric dynamics and demonstrating the potential of deep learning in scientific research.

Jiahui Hu, Alan Liu, Adriana Feener + 3 more2026-03-05🔬 physics

Near-surface Extreme Wind Events and Their Responses to Climate Forcings in a Hierarchy of Global Climate Models

This study utilizes a hierarchy of global climate models to demonstrate that while extratropical near-surface extreme winds robustly intensify with surface warming, regional projections remain highly uncertain due to inter-model differences in representing the physical dynamics and seasonality of extreme-producing weather systems.

G. Zhang, M. Rao, I. Simpson + 4 more2026-03-05🔬 physics

On the attenuation of waves through broken ice of randomly-varying thickness on water of finite depth

This paper extends a theoretical model of wave attenuation through broken floating ice of random thickness to finite water depths, utilizing multiple scales analysis to derive an explicit attenuation expression that predicts an eighth-power frequency dependence at low frequencies and shows strong agreement with numerical simulations and field measurements.

Lloyd Dafydd, Richard Porter2026-03-05🔬 physics

Turbulence-induced anti-Stokes flow: experiments and theory

This paper presents experimental evidence and a supporting theoretical model demonstrating that the interaction between surface waves and ambient sub-surface turbulence generates a near-surface Eulerian-mean flow that opposes and partially cancels the Stokes drift, thereby significantly altering the vertical redistribution of momentum and the transport of water-borne materials in the ocean.

Simen Å. Ellingsen, Olav Rømcke, Benjamin K. Smeltzer + 4 more2026-03-05🔬 physics