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Learning from Big Data in the Atmospheric Sciences


Focus: Artificial Intelligence
Type of funding: Project funding programmes
Programme: CZS Perspectives
Funded institution:
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Methods from machine learning for big data are to be applied to questions in atmospheric physics. Among other things, the representation of clouds in climate models and the predictability of weather situations will be worked on.

Goals

In modern atmospheric physics, it is often found that the models used do not correctly represent complex situations in weather and climate. Modern machine learning methods offer a new way to develop models. In the project, these methods are to be applied to important questions in atmospheric physics for large amounts of data. In particular, clouds and their representation in models as well as the predictability of difficult weather situations will be considered. To this end, the methods must be further developed and expanded for application in interdisciplinary work; technical challenges also play a major role here. The infrastructure developed is to be made available to other sciences at the University of Mainz beyond the scope of the project.

Involved persons:

Johannes Wimmer

Program Manager

Phone: +49 (0)711 - 162213 - 22

E-mail: johannes.wimmer@carl-zeiss-stiftung.de

Prof- Dr. Peter Spichtinger

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Detailed information:

Target group: Professors
Funding budget: 1.500.000 €
Period of time: March 2020 - August 2026

Funded institution: