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Two-stage Rainfall-Forecasting Diffusion Model

arXiv 2402.12779 ↗First posted 20 Feb 2024cs.CVcited by 4

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Abstract (arXiv)

Deep neural networks have made great achievements in rainfall prediction.However, the current forecasting methods have certain limitations, such as with blurry generated images and incorrect spatial positions. To overcome these challenges, we propose a Two-stage Rainfall-Forecasting Diffusion Model (TRDM) aimed at improving the accuracy of long-term rainfall forecasts and addressing the imbalance in performance between temporal and spatial modeling. TRDM is a two-stage method for rainfall prediction tasks. The task of the first stage is to capture robust temporal information while preserving spatial information under low-resolution conditions. The task of the second stage is to reconstruct the low-resolution images generated in the first stage into high-resolution images. We demonstrate state-of-the-art results on the MRMS and Swedish radar datasets. Our project is open source and available on GitHub at: hrefhttps://github.com/clearlyzerolxd/TRDMhttps://github.com/clearlyzerolxd/TRDM.

Key facts. Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Flow matching, time series and science, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 10 of its 13 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 20 Feb 2024.

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  2. 2023Latent diffusion models for generative precipitation nowcasting with accurate uncertainty quantification
  3. 2024DuoCast: Duo-Probabilistic Diffusion for Precipitation Nowcasting
  4. 2023Precipitation nowcasting with generative diffusion models
  5. 2024Enhancing Weather Predictions: Super-Resolution via Deep Diffusion Models
  6. 2025STLDM: Spatio-Temporal Latent Diffusion Model for Precipitation Nowcasting
  7. 2025FlowCast: Advancing Precipitation Nowcasting with Conditional Flow Matching
  8. 2022Machine learning emulation of a local-scale UK climate model