On 27 November at 15:00 CET, a live online panel exploring the opportunities and challenges of developing coupled AI Earth climate models will take place. The panel is part of the online training course Machine Learning for Earth System Modelling: Applications and Future Directions in the framework of the European Commission’s Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative. Register now.
The panel discussion brings together experts from research institutions and ECMWF to explore current developments and future directions in coupled AI Earth system modelling, offering different perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of extending AI-based modelling across the Earth system and towards climate timescales. The discussion will consider the current state of the field, progress towards representing interactions between different Earth system components, and the scientific and technical challenges involved in developing more integrated AI-based modelling approaches.
The speakers are:
- Claire Monteleoni, National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA)
- Niklas Boers, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Technical University of Munich (TUM)
- Nina Raoult, ECMWF
- William Gregory, University College London (UCL)
The session is part of Machine Learning for Earth System Modelling: Applications and Future Directions, the third and final course in ECMWF’s DestinE Machine Learning Training Course Series. The course explores advanced applications and emerging approaches across weather, climate and Earth system science.
Researchers, practitioners, operational forecasters, technical specialists and industry professionals interested in AI-based Earth system modelling are welcome to attend. Separate registration is required for the live panel, including for learners already enrolled on the course.
Register now for the panel discussion.
The recording will be available after the event on ECMWF’s YouTube channel and through Module 12 of the course.
Find out more about ECMWF’s machine learning training under DestinE.
The course series is developed by ECMWF under the Destination Earth initiative in collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Wageningen University and Wageningen Research, with contributions from experts across the weather, climate and Earth system science community.
Destination Earth is a European Union funded initiative launched in 2022, with the aim to build a digital replica of the Earth system by 2030. The initiative is being jointly implemented by three entrusted entities: the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) responsible for the creation of the first two ‘digital twins’ and the ‘Digital Twin Engine’, the European Space Agency (ESA) responsible for building the ‘Core Service Platform’, and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), responsible for the creation of the ‘Data Lake’.
We acknowledge the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking for awarding this project strategic access to the EuroHPC supercomputers LUMI, hosted by CSC (Finland) and the LUMI consortium, Marenostrum5, hosted by BSC (Spain) Leonardo, hosted by Cineca (Italy) and MeluXina, hosted by LuxProvide (Luxembourg) through a EuroHPC Special Access call.
More information about Destination Earth is on the Destination Earth website and the EU Commission website.
For more information about ECMWF’s role visit ecmwf.int/DestinE
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