Insider Brief:
- Spire Global and NVIDIA have partnered to enhance weather forecasting with AI technology.
- The collaboration will join Spire’s extensive dataset and DA analyses with NVIDIA’s sophisticated AI capabilities to provide unprecedented accuracy in weather forecasting.
- Expected innovations from the partnership include quick-updating global forecasts, extensive ensemble systems for understanding potential weather scenarios, and AI-based downscaling techniques for detailed local forecasts.
Spire Global, Inc. has entered a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA. Through the partnership, Spire will leverage NVIDIA’s Earth-2 Cloud APIs to enhance the precision and timeliness of climate and weather predictions by integrating its Radio Occultation (RO) data and data assimilation (DA) capabilities with NVIDIA’s advanced AI technology as announced by Spire.
Spire’s satellite constellation is equipped with RO technology and provides unparalleled global coverage, gathering detailed vertical profiles of atmospheric conditions crucial for under-observed and remote regions. By merging Spire’s extensive dataset and DA analyses with NVIDIA’s sophisticated AI capabilities, this partnership seeks to introduce unprecedented accuracy in weather forecasting.
Michael Eilts, general manager of weather and climate at Spire, highlighted the critical importance of accurate forecasting in a world facing dynamic climate changes and increasing threats of extreme weather as reported by Space Daily. He stated, “By combining our comprehensive weather data with NVIDIA’s AI expertise, we are poised to significantly enhance the precision of weather forecasts, enabling our clients to better anticipate and respond to the changing climate.”
Expected innovations from the partnership include quick-updating global forecasts, extensive ensemble systems for understanding potential weather scenarios, and AI-based downscaling techniques for detailed local forecasts. These advancements will benefit Spire’s existing services, such as the DeepVision weather risk management platform, maritime navigation solutions, and renewable energy forecasting, offering improved forecast latency, extended prediction periods, and superior accuracy across various industries.
NVIDIA’s Earth-2 platform combines physical and neural network modelling with data management and visualization technologies, aiming to achieve rapid and scalable global atmospheric simulation, thereby enhancing the predictive capabilities of climate models.
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