Sky is clearing for using AI to probe weather variability

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence

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AI and machine learning technologies may help scientists better understand and predict weather variability -- and that could help people and policymakers be better prepared for those changes.   IMAGE: CLIMATEREANALYZER.ORG

Matt Swayne, March 27, 2019
 

Melissa Gervais, assistant professor of meteorology and atmospheric science and Institute for CyberScience co-hire, said that she is increasingly incorporating machine learning, which is a branch of AI, as a tool to help her own research studying future changes in weather patterns with climate change. According to Gervais, the sheer amount of data involved in analyzing these weather patterns is making AI a perfect research partner.

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Sky is clearing for using AI to probe weather variability