Skilful precipitation nowcasting using deep generative models of radar.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2021
09 2021
Historique:
received:
17
02
2021
accepted:
27
07
2021
entrez:
30
9
2021
pubmed:
1
10
2021
medline:
1
10
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Precipitation nowcasting, the high-resolution forecasting of precipitation up to two hours ahead, supports the real-world socioeconomic needs of many sectors reliant on weather-dependent decision-making
Identifiants
pubmed: 34588668
doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03854-z
pii: 10.1038/s41586-021-03854-z
pmc: PMC8481123
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
672-677Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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