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Session Proposal: Advances in Data Assimilation, Data Fusion, Machine Learning, Predictability, and Uncertainty Quantification in the Geosciences (AGU25)

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Advances in Data Assimilation, Data Fusion, Machine Learning, Predictability, and Uncertainty Quantification in the Geosciences

Session ID#: 247483

Session Description:
Geophysical processes are typically sparsely observed and the relations between observed quantities and geophysical variables are often nonlinear, so that the statistics are non-Gaussian. Data assimilation (DA), data fusion, machine learning (ML), uncertainty quantification (UQ) and predictability are important areas of active research in geoscience. This interdisciplinary session focuses on new ideas and advanced techniques across geoscience that improve the robustness and the efficiency of computational methods for fusing models and data. Our session is broad in the application areas, and numerical methods of interest include variational and ensemble DA, Markov chain Monte Carlo, ensemble-based and adjoint sensitivity, observation impact and targeting, particle filters, deep/reinforcement learning, inversion techniques, deep/statistical/machine learning from scarce data, control variable transforms/pre-conditioning. We also welcome contributions to new computational infrastructure, e.g., the Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI).
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0555 Neural networks, fuzzy logic, machine learning [COMPUTATIONAL GEOPHYSICS]
3315 Data assimilation [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3336 Numerical approximations and analyses [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4468 Probability distributions, heavy and fat-tailed [NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Steven J Fletcher, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Conveners:  Brian C Ancell, Texas Tech Univ-Geosciences, Lubbock, TX, United States, Matthias Morzfeld, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla, United States and Derek J Posselt, University of California, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States
 
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Taufiq Rashid, Auburn University, Auburn, United States and Di Tian, Auburn University, Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Auburn, United States
 
We Need Better Long-Term Hazard Models: Building an unbiased model for volcanism and faulting in Kyushu (Japan) (1859582)
Charles Connor, University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States, Laura Connor, University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States and Matthew Connor, Desperate Measures International, Lutz, United States
 
Controlled Latent Diffusion Models for 3D Rock Reconstruction (1860954)
Danilo de Freitas Naiff1, Bernardo Schaeffer2, Gustavo Pires3, Dragan Stojkovic4, Thomas Rapstine5 and Fabio Ramos2, (1)Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (2)Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Mathematics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (3)Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Geosciences, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (4)ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, Texas, United States, (5)ExxonMobil Upstream Company, Spring, Texas, United States
 
Explanation and Optimizing Multi-model Blending Algorithm Using Random Variables Theory (1867657)
Wang Yu1, Dai Kan1, Cao Yong1, Shen Yue2 and Zeng Xiaoqing1, (1)National Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, (2)CMATC China Meteorological Administration Training Center, Beijing, China
 
Can the Generative AI Shark Eat the Entire Data Assimilation System? (1870413)
Matthias Morzfeld, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Daniel Hodyss, US Naval Research Laboratory, District of Columbia, D.C., UNITED STATES
 
Seismic Image Denoising via Diffusion Model by Signal Fitting (1872438)
Yawen Zhang and Shengchang Chen Prof, Zhejiang University, School of Earth Sciences, Hangzhou, China
 
Localizing High-Dimensional Covariance Estimates with Hierarchical Rank Structure (Invited) (1873505)
Robin Armstrong, Cornell University, Center for Applied Mathematics, Ithaca, NY, United States, Anil Damle, Cornell University, Department of Computer Science, Ithaca, NY, United States and Samuel Otto, Cornell University, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
Implementing an update of aerosol initial states for Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model simulation through kriging method (1877313)
Taehoo Choi1, Chul H. Song2, Jinhyeok Yu3, Soon-Young Park4 and Dogyeong Lee2, (1)GIST Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Environment and Energy Engineering, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)GIST Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Environment and Energy Engineering, Gwangju, South Korea, (3)California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)Daegu National University of Education, Daegu, South Korea
 
Model discovery on the fly using continuous data assimilation (1880247)
Jared Whitehead, Brigham Young University, Mathematics, Provo, UT, United States
 
Integrating ideas from nonlinear data assimilation into machine learning (1890632)
Peter Jan van Leeuwen, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States
 
Ensemble Data Assimilation Methods for Applications with Mixed Probability Distributions (1892410)
Jeffrey L Anderson, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Investigating Mechanisms of Meso-Convective Systems with Large Ensemble DA: Meteorological Informatics Approach (1906121)
Takuya T Kawabata, Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan and Le Duc: University of Tokyo, Akane Saya: Meteorological Research Institute, Pin Ying Wu: Kyoto University
 
Improving Extreme Rainfall Prediction over North-east India through Hybrid Ensemble Data Assimilation Technique (1910672)
Arundhati Kundu1,2, Rekha B. Gogoi1, Shyam S Kundu1, Aniket Chakravorty1, Abhay Srivastava1, Rahul Mahanta2,3, K. K. Sarma1 and S. P. Aggarwal1, (1)North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Department of Space, Shillong, India, (2)Cotton University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India, (3)Cotton University, Centre for Cloud and Climate Change Research, Guwahati, India
 
Physically Consistent Global Atmospheric Data Assimilation with Machine Learning in Latent Space (1913488)
Hang Fan1,2, Lei Bai2, Ben Fei3, Yi Xiao4, Yongquan Qu5 and Pierre Gentine6, (1)Columbia University, New York, United States, (2)Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Shanghai, China, (3)The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, (4)Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (5)Columbia University of New York, New York, United States, (6)Columbia University, Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, New York, United States
 
Seismic Low-Frequency Extrapolation via Physics-Aware Conditional Diffusion Models (1926576)
Hamad Alswaidan1, Ivan Deiana1 and Biondo Leonardo Biondi2, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States
 
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Derek J Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Hristo Chipilski, Florida State University, Department of Scientific Computing, Tallahassee, United States
 
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Zhaoxia Pu1, Shixuan Zhang2, Brett M Raczka3, Dongze Xu4, Jeffrey L Anderson3 and Ruby Leung2, (1)University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (3)NCAR, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, United States
 
Bayesian Hierarchical Network Model for Disaggregation of Spring Seasonal Streamflow (1939509)
Catalina Jerez, University of Colorado Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, Balaji Rajagopalan, Univ Colorado, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States and Upmanu Lall, Arizona State University, Water Institute, Tempe, United States
 
Advancing Predictability of Extreme Weather through Data Assimilation and Machine Learning (Invited) (1950071)
Steven J Greybush, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, United States
 
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Steven J Fletcher, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO, United States, John Michael Forsythe, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, Thomas H Vonder Haar, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Shuyan Liu, University of MD- College Park, College Park, MD, United States
 
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Jae Deok Kim1,2, Sai Ravela3 and Rob L Evans2, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), Cambridge, United States
 
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Mark Edward Everett, Texas A&M University College Station, Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States
 
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