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Outlook For Exploiting Artificial Intelligence In The Earth and Environmental Sciences

Abstract

Promising new opportunities to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to the Earth and environmental sciences are identified, informed by an overview of current efforts in the community. Community input was collected at the first National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) workshop on “Leveraging AI in the Exploitation of Satellite Earth Observations and Numerical Weather Prediction” held in April 2019. This workshop brought together over 400 scientists, program managers, and leaders from the public, academic, and private sectors in order to enable experts involved in the development and adaptation of AI tools and applications to meet and exchange experiences with NOAA experts. Paths are described to actualize the potential of AI to better exploit the massive volumes of environmental data from satellite and in situ sources that are critical for numerical weather prediction (NWP) and other Earth and environmental science applications. The main lessons communicated from community input via active workshop discussions and polling are reported. Finally, recommendations are presented for both scientists and decision-makers to address some of the challenges facing the adoption of AI across all Earth science.

Article / Publication Data
Active/Online
YES
Status
FINAL PRINT PUBLICATION
Volume
102
Available Metadata
Accepted On
September 11, 2020
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Peer Reviewed
YES
Publication Name
Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society (bams)
Published On
May 01, 2021
Final Online Publication On
May 26, 2021
Final Print Publication On
May 01, 2021
Publisher Name
American Meteorological Society
Print Volume
102
Page Range
E1016–E1032
Issue
5
Project Type
LAB SUPPORTED
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