10.5281/zenodo.5605067
https://zenodo.org/records/5605067
oai:zenodo.org:5605067
Kuma, Peter
Peter
Kuma
0000-0002-0910-8646
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Bender, Frida
Frida
Bender
0000-0003-4867-4007
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Using deep learning cloud classification in cloud feedback and climate sensitivity determination
Zenodo
2021
2021-10-27
eng
Poster
10.5281/zenodo.5605066
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
We develop a deep convolutional neural network for determination of cloud types in low-resolution daily mean top-of-atmosphere shortwave and longwave radiation images, corresponding to the classical cloud types recorded by human observers in the Global Telecommunication System. We train this network on the CERES top of atmosphere radiation dataset, and apply this network on the CMIP6 abrupt-4xCO2 model output to determine long-term change in cloud type occurrence in these models with increasing CO2 concentration. We contrast these results with corresponding cloud type change in historical satellite measurements. The proposed neural network approach is broadly applicable for model, reanalysis and satellite imagery evaluation because it does not require high resolution and corresponds to the cloud types commonly recorded at weather stations worldwide.