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Workshop: ICLR 2025 Workshop on Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning: Data-Centric Approaches in ML for Climate Action
DiffScale: Continuous Downscaling and Bias Correction in Subseasonal Wind Forecasts
Maximilian Springenberg · Noelia Otero Felipe · Yuxin Xue · Jackie Ma
Abstract:
This study introduces DiffScale, a diffusion model with classifier-free guidance, to enhance wind speed predictions by downscaling subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) forecasts. DiffScale efficiently super-resolves spatial information across continuous downscaling factors and lead times, leveraging weather variables and regional priors to conditionally sample high-resolution forecasts. Unlike traditional methods, it directly estimates the density of target S2S forecasts without auto-regressing over lead time. Synthetic experiments using ECMWF S2S forecasts and ERA5 reanalysis data demonstrate significant improvements in wind speed prediction quality through continuous downscaling and bias correction.
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