Aurora

A foundation model for the atmosphere that, once tuned, forecasts weather, air quality, ocean waves and cyclone tracks.

Made by
Microsoft Research AI for Science, with Cambridge, Amsterdam, Penn and others
Field
Weather and climate
Learns from
More than a million hours of Earth-system data
Size
1.3B parameters
Open weights
Yes, MIT
First public
May 2024

How it relates to Flare

Johannes Brandstetter, who now leads Mistral's side of the CERN deal, is one of its authors.

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