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22 results for anthropogenic aerosols

Deep learning detects cloud changes due to human aerosols.

problem Uncertainty in the effect of anthropogenic aerosols on cloud properties and Earth's energy balance.
method Deep convolutional neural networks to analyze cloud images.
result Identified and characterized specific cloud perturbations due to human aerosols.

Develops a method to disaggregate aerosol optical depth into vertical extinction profiles.

problem Uncertainty in measuring aerosol vertical distributions due to limited observations.
method Bayesian nonparametric Gaussian process modeling using meteorological predictors.
result Model reconstructs realistic extinction profiles with well-calibrated uncertainty, outperforming idealized baselines.

Study shows reducing anthropogenic emissions significantly lowers PM2.5PM_{2.5} levels but has little effect on O3O_3 in Delhi.

problem Understanding and mitigating the effects of anthropogenic emissions on air pollution in Delhi.
method Predictive modeling, causal inference, Gaussian Process modeling, Granger causality analysis.
result Reductions in anthropogenic emissions lead to significant decreases in PM2.5PM_{2.5} levels but have little effect on O3O_3.

Reanalysis datasets combining numerical physics models and limited observations to generate a synthesised estimate of variables in an Earth system, are prone to biases against ground truth. Biases identified with the NASA Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) aerosol optic…

2019-10-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Modeling wildfire aerosols using satellite data to predict solar radiation reduction.

problem Accurately estimate and predict AOD propagation from wildfires using multi-source satellite data.
method Physics-informed statistical modeling integrating multi-source satellite data with an advection-diffusion equation.
result The proposed approach accurately predicts AOD propagation and demonstrates model interpretability.

Robustly detects and attributes climate change impacts under interventions.

problem Detect and attribute climate change impacts from observations robustly.
method Supervised learning with anchor regression for robust predictions under interventions.
result CO2 forcing can be robustly predicted from temperature patterns under strong solar forcing interventions.

In the face of growing needs for water and energy, a fundamental understanding of the environmental impacts of human activities becomes critical for managing water and energy resources, remedying water pollution, and making regulatory policy wisely. Among activities that impact the environment, oil and gas production, …

2019-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Study characterizes PM2.5 dynamics in Bujumbura using low-cost sensors.

problem Characterize spatio-temporal variability of PM2.5 in Bujumbura.
method Used low-cost sensors to collect data from August 2022 to August 2023. Analyzed hourly, daily, and seasonal PM2.5 concentrations using RNN with LSTM.
result Hourly and annual PM2.5 concentrations in Bujumbura exceed WHO standards.

Though machine learning has achieved notable success in modeling sequential and spatial data for speech recognition and in computer vision, applications to remote sensing and climate science problems are seldom considered. In this paper, we demonstrate techniques from unsupervised learning of future video frame predict…

2019-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

AI methods are energy-intensive, but efficiency alone isn't enough for sustainability.

problem AI methods are energy-intensive and contribute to climate change.
method Critically examines the limitations of efficiency in improving environmental sustainability of AI.
result Efficiency alone is insufficient to address the environmental impacts of AI.

Framework improves marine mammal monitoring in noisy underwater environments.

problem Underwater bioacoustic monitoring challenges due to overlapping calls and variable noise.
method Multi-step attention-guided framework with segmentation and mid-level fusion.
result Improved signal discrimination, reduced false positives, reliable representations.

SPF uses a hierarchical approach to efficiently emulate climate changes.

problem Slow and unstable climate emulation for long horizons.
method Spatiotemporal Pyramid Flows (SPF) model data hierarchically across spatial and temporal scales.
result SPF outperforms flow matching baselines and pre-trained models on ClimateBench.

Combining forecasts of 16 ED causes improves accuracy and stability.

problem Forecasting accuracy and stability for ED admissions is poor due to model uncertainty and limited data.
method High-dimensional forecast combinations of 16 cause-specific ED forecasts using extensive covariates.
result Forecast combinations yield forecast accuracies of 3.81%-23.54% across causes, outperforming individual models in 50% of scenarios.