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Achieving Conservation of Energy in Neural Network Emulators for Climate Modeling

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Artificial neural-networks have the potential to emulate cloud processes with higher accuracy than the semi-empirical emulators currently used in climate models. However, neural-network models do not intrinsically conserve energy and mass, which is an obstacle to using them for long-term climate predictions. Here, we propose two methods to enforce linear conservation laws in neural-network emulators of physical models: Constraining (1) the loss function or (2) the architecture of the network itself. Applied to the emulation of explicitly-resolved cloud processes in a prototype multi-scale climate model, we show that architecture constraints can enforce conservation laws to satisfactory numerical precision, while all constraints help the neural-network better generalize to conditions outside of its training set, such as global warming.

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Diffeomorphic Neural Operator Learning

math.NA · 2025-08-08 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

A neural operator that evolves fields by composing learned diffeomorphisms, enforcing relabeling symmetry and targeting conservative, non-diffusive turbulent forecasts.

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  • Diffeomorphic Neural Operator Learning math.NA · 2025-08-08 · unverdicted · none · ref 15 · internal anchor

    A neural operator that evolves fields by composing learned diffeomorphisms, enforcing relabeling symmetry and targeting conservative, non-diffusive turbulent forecasts.