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Aurora 1.5: Extending open foundation models for weather and Earth-system applications - Microsoft Research
Aurora 1.5 adds 22 more variables, hourly temporal resolution, and probabilistic ensemble forecasting to the Aurora foundation model, making it more useful for real-world weather, climate, and energy applications.
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Microsoft owns Aurora 1.5
Microsoft Weather developed Aurora 1.5 as an extension of the original Aurora model.
Microsoft Research AI for Science developed the original Aurora model.
Microsoft owns Planetary Computer Pro
Planetary Computer Pro is part of Microsoft's platform path for Earth-system foundation models.
Sridhar Iyer works at Microsoft
Sridhar Iyer is Corporate Vice President of Microsoft AI.
Terradot is working on the TerraNova model to optimize carbon dioxide removal.
Sasankh Munukutla works at Terradot
Sasankh Munukutla is the Co-Founder of Terradot.
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Terradot was founded by Sasankh Munukutla
Sasankh Munukutla co-founded Terradot.
Terradot is part of the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund portfolio.
Terradot is a partner of AI for Good Lab
Terradot is working with AI for Good Lab on carbon dioxide removal solutions.
Terradot is a partner of Microsoft Research Accelerator
Terradot is working with the Microsoft Research Accelerator on TerraNova.
Terradot uses Aurora-derived weather representations for its TerraNova project.
BKW uses Aurora 1.5
BKW uses Aurora 1.5 alongside existing operational models to support energy operations.
BKW collaborates with Microsoft by using its weather models in energy management.
Farhat Quiñones Yamshid works at BKW
Farhat Quiñones Yamshid is the Lead for AI and Technology at BKW.
Met Office is a partner of Microsoft
The Met Office is exploring foundation models in partnership with Microsoft.
Met Office uses Aurora
Met Office scientists use Aurora as a platform to learn how to translate AI models for climate projection.
Doug McNeall works at Met Office
Doug McNeall is the Science Lead for Data-Driven Climate Modelling at the Met Office Hadley Centre.
Aurora 1.5 competes with ECMWF
Aurora 1.5's probabilistic forecasts outperform ECMWF's dynamical ensemble on most evaluated targets.
AI for Good Lab is related to Microsoft
AI for Good Lab is a research group/laboratory within Microsoft.
Microsoft Research AI for Science is related to Microsoft
Microsoft Research AI for Science is a specialized research lab within Microsoft.
Microsoft Research Accelerator is related to Microsoft
Microsoft Research Accelerator is an incubation and research organization within Microsoft.
Met Office is related to United Kingdom
The Met Office is the national weather service of the United Kingdom.
Aurora 1.5 uses Ensemble Forecasting
Aurora 1.5 features probabilistic ensemble forecasting.
Aurora 1.5 uses Probabilistic Ensemble Forecasting
Aurora 1.5 implements probabilistic ensemble forecasting to represent model uncertainty.
Aurora uses Earth-System Forecasting
Aurora is designed as a foundation model for Earth-system forecasting.
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Release of Aurora 1.5
Publication of Aurora in Nature
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