Accurate Satellite Rain Forecasting with Physics-Conditioned Neural Networks
Imagine this: you’re driving, clouds are gathering, and your weather app says “heavy rain in 15 minutes” — but there are no local radars, and it gets it wrong. Sounds familiar? That’s exactly the kind of problem tackled by the new research paper Precipitation nowcasting of satellite data using physically conditioned neural networks (by Antônio Catão et al.). The authors present a model that can forecast precipitation using only satellite data, powered by a neural network that’s conditioned by physics. In short: less “black box” magic, more scientific reasoning — and better forecasts where radar coverage is weak or nonexistent. ...