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Generative AI enables probabilistic tsunami forecasting with uncertainty quantification

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Researchers have developed a probabilistic forecasting model using a conditional diffusion model, a type of generative AI, to predict tsunami inundation with uncertainty quantification. This approach, validated with data from the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake, aims to improve public risk awareness by providing more accurate and calibrated predictions than existing deterministic methods. The framework shifts tsunami forecasting from deterministic to probabilistic, offering a foundation for enhanced early warning systems. AI

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Generative AI enables probabilistic tsunami forecasting with uncertainty quantification

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · Yusuke Oishi, Takashi Furumura, Fumihiko Imamura ·

    Real-time probabilistic tsunami forecasting via generative AI

    arXiv:2608.04327v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Explicit onshore tsunami inundation forecasting can improve public risk awareness, but deterministically predicted inundation boundaries under highly uncertain conditions, such as near-field tsunamis generated by megathrust earthqua…

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