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25 Aug 2026
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| 25 Aug 2026
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A novel segmentation algorithm for the ARM user facility all-sky imagers using machine learning applications
Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Donna M. Flynn
Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Jennifer M. Comstock
Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Erol L. Cromwell
Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
Brian D. Ermold
Advanced Computing, Mathematics, and Data Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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We used a deep learning method called long short-term memory (LSTM) to fill gaps in data collected by hydrologic monitoring networks. LSTM accounted for correlations in space and time and nonlinear trends in data. Compared to a traditional regression-based time-series method, LSTM performed comparably when filling gaps in data with smooth patterns, while it better captured highly dynamic patterns in data. Capturing such dynamics is critical for understanding dynamic complex system behaviors.
Israel Silber, Robert C. Jackson, Ann M. Fridlind, Andrew S. Ackerman, Scott Collis, Johannes Verlinde, and Jiachen Ding
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 901–927, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-901-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-901-2022, 2022
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The Earth Model Column Collaboratory (EMC2) is an open-source ground-based (and air- or space-borne) lidar and radar simulator and subcolumn generator designed for large-scale models, in particular climate models, applicable also for high-resolution models. EMC2 emulates measurements while remaining faithful to large-scale models' physical assumptions implemented in their cloud or radiation schemes. We demonstrate the use of EMC2 to compare AWARE measurements with the NASA GISS ModelE3 and LES.
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We describe ASISKYCOVER, a new machine learning algorithm for pixel segmentation of all-sky imager (ASI-16) data used by the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility. ASISKYCOVER provides cloud cover and thickness estimates, detects artifacts, and reports uncertainties. Using one year of data from the ARM Southern Great Plains site and comparisons with other ARM datasets, we demonstrate its use and robustness, which will improve cloud cover analyses and data evaluation efforts.
We describe ASISKYCOVER, a new machine learning algorithm for pixel segmentation of all-sky...
