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Aurora Hunter framework improves aurora visibility forecasts

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Researchers have developed "Aurora Hunter," a two-stage framework designed to improve the forecasting of aurora borealis visibility. The system first predicts the likelihood of an aurora occurring using physics-based features and then forecasts the probability of clear observation conditions, considering cloud cover and lunar illumination. This decoupled approach achieved a high ROC-AUC of 0.937 on test data, outperforming single-stage baselines and demonstrating strong generalization across different sites. AI

IMPACT Enhances predictive accuracy for space weather phenomena, benefiting scientific research and tourism.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing a new framework for forecasting aurora visibility. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Zongyuan Ge, Chenwaner Zhang, Haoyang Li, Hantai Zhang, Wenxin Gu, Wei Zhou, Zhaoming Wang ·

    Aurora Hunter: A Two-Stage Framework for Probabilistic Visibility Forecasting

    arXiv:2605.24038v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Forecasting aurora borealis visibility matters for space weather research and aurora tourism. Visibility at a site and night depends on two distinct factors: (1) whether aurora is physically occurring, driven by solar wind-magneto…

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