China has developed an AI system for Indonesian flow inference and forecasting that can provide accurate predictions of the Indonesian flow streams. oceans seven months ago. According to “Al-Bayan” website, the Indonesian flow serves as a major branch in the global conveyor belt of heat and salt, by transporting the waters of the upper oceans from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean through the Indonesian seas, according to China Radio International . Previously, researchers lacked perfect methods for predicting the Indonesian influx, due to model biases digital simulation systems present at that time. In this new study, Chinese researchers, from the Institute of Oceanography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nanjing University of Science and Technology, used satellite data and deep learning-based AI models to develop a system to infer and predict the Indonesian flow. The researchers used sea level heights between the Indian and Pacific basins to design their AI model and trained the model with ocean datasets. They then fed satellite data from 1993 to 2021 into the system to recreate the Indonesian flow over this period. The results were largely consistent with internationally recognized observational data. Meanwhile, the AI system can make correct predictions seven months in advance. Announcing the system in the journal Frontiers of Oceanography, the researchers said the system could provide a new tool for studying ocean motion and climate change in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and could also relieve the pressure of real-time oceanographic observations. Related
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