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Deep-learning spatial principles from deterministic chemical transport models for chemical reanalysis: an application in China for PM2.5
Huayun Sounding Meteorological Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing 100081, China
Ran Huang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Hangzhou AiMa Technologies, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
Xinlu Wang
Hangzhou AiMa Technologies, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121, China
Weiguo Wang
I.M. System Group, Environment Modeling Center, NOAA/National Centers
for Environmental Prediction, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
Yongtao Hu
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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Short summary
Data fusion is used to estimate spatially completed and smooth reanalysis fields from multiple data sources of observations and model simulations. We developed a well-designed deep-learning model framework to embed spatial correlation principles of atmospheric physics and chemical models. The deep-learning model has very high accuracy to predict reanalysis data fields from isolated observation data points. It is also feasible for operational applications due to computational efficiency.
Data fusion is used to estimate spatially completed and smooth reanalysis fields from multiple...