{"id":60015584,"date":"2024-04-26T12:40:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T11:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/?p=60015584"},"modified":"2024-04-26T17:49:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T16:49:02","slug":"data-drought-the-challenge-of-ai-weather-forecasting-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/data-drought-the-challenge-of-ai-weather-forecasting-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Data drought: The challenge of AI weather forecasting in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amid the surge of extreme weather events globally, billions of dollars<\/a> are pouring into developing cutting-edge weather forecasting models based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Leading tech giants, such as Google<\/a> and IBM<\/a>, are spearheading efforts for more precise and expedited forecasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In India, climate scientists have also begun experimenting with AI. In December 2023<\/a>, Kiren Rijiju, a minister at the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), said the department had established a virtual centre dedicated to developing and refining various AI and ML techniques for enhanced weather predictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has since been considerable excitement around AI-based weather forecasting in the country. But there is a problem: lack of credible data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amitabha Bagchi, a computer science professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, explains that AI-based modelling, \u201cextrapolates and builds scenarios based on the available data and past trends.\u201d According to Bagchi, 95% of the development process of AI models revolves around data management, and robust data is critical to the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compiling such data is a challenge in India, especially in the Himalayas, says Irfan Rashid, an assistant geoinformatics professor at the University of Kashmir. Rashid is working on a MoES project profiling 15 glacial lakes in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to improve data collection in the Himalayan cryosphere (the frozen part of the Earth system), which could enhance AI predictions of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Geological Survey of India has recorded over 9,575 glaciers<\/a> in the Himalayas yet detailed glaciological studies cover less than 30, he explains. This data scarcity undermines the development of AI-based early warning systems (EWS). \u201cAt present, if we want to know the volume of water in a glacial lake, there is no credible in-situ data. The data based on empirical models is associated with a high degree of uncertainty. Using such data to build an AI and ML based model may simulate scenarios\/forecasts that might not be robust,\u201d says Rashid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In October 2023, the northeast Indian state of Sikkim was hit by flash floods triggered by a glacial lake outburst flood from South Lhonak glacial lake. It caused immense damage to lives and infrastructure in the state. (Image: Biplov Bhuyan \/ Alamy)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

His concerns are shared by Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, one of India\u2019s top climate scientists and former earth sciences secretary. He notes the country\u2019s data sets do not extend to the Himalayas, affecting the reliability of AI\/ML predictions for the region\u2019s complex terrain: \u201cIn India, we have good data sets on rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind speed etc, which are the basic meteorological parameters. However, we don’t have adequate data over the Himalayas and hardly any data to work on GLOFs,\u201d says Rajeevan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Machine learning and weather forecasting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Traditional weather forecasting typically relies on computer calculations based on physics to predict the weather. In contrast, AI and deep learning (a subset of machine learning) use large volumes of raw, unfiltered and processed data to predict weather. When used in combination with traditional physical models and statistical methods, they can enhance the accuracy and reliability of weather forecasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mohak Shah, founder and managing director of Praescivi Advisors, a strategic AI advisory firm based in California, USA, tells Dialogue Earth, that “Traditionally, weather forecasting models use a bunch of different starting points and then use physics equations to build models that give out various probabilistic scenarios.\u201d ML, however, speeds up weather forecasting by using historical data correlations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Shah, like any technology, machine learning has its advantages and challenges: “It is relatively low-cost \u2026 scalable too and can democratise weather forecasting. But we assume that there is enough granular data available, which isn\u2019t the case [in India], at least not yet. Lack of local level data can pose a fundamental problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was secretary I tried to gather some health data from the highest government officials. Nothing came. <\/blockquote> Madhavan Nair\u00a0Rajeevan, one of India\u2019s top climate scientists and former earth sciences secretary<\/cite><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To mitigate data scarcity, ML can approximate missing information using data from similar areas, effectively giving forecasters a head start, though for optimal results, there is no substitute for high-quality data, Shah tells Dialogue Earth.

Shah raises concerns about the opaque “black box” nature of ML models. Traditional weather models come with a quantifiable margin of error, which allows for the identification and correction of specific errors based on the physics equations on which they are built. AI\/ML models often lack such transparency since they are based on past correlations, making it difficult to ascertain the exact reasons behind their inaccuracies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data dilemma<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), which operates under the MoES, has struggled to obtain the data required to build an AI-based forecasting model for dengue, a climate sensitive disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have used past data of several factors that affect the incidence of dengue, including rainfall, temperature and humidity. But getting health data on the daily disease caseload in the city was a huge challenge. Concerned agencies were not ready to share the data. We had to knock on several doors and getting permission to use and publish the data was a tedious task,\u201d says Koll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koll highlights the direct correlation between data quality and AI’s predictive capabilities: \u201cIf AI is trained on very high-resolution data, it would be able to provide high-resolution forecasting [for] climate-sensitive diseases such as dengue, malaria, Chikungunya, etc,\u201d he says. \u201cThe AI-based modelling for dengue in Pune, can be replicated in other places provided there is access to data from the respective health departments, which is a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Government scientists have also faced this problem. \u201cEven when I was secretary [the highest level administrative officer in the government], I tried to gather some health data from the highest government officials. Nothing came. We lack the culture of compiling and archiving social-economic data at a granular scale. If we want impact studies, we need such data,\u201d says Rajeevan. Without it, the research doesn’t translate into real-world benefits, adds the former secretary. Like Koll, he insists the technologies are only as good as the data they’re fed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bagchi also agrees. \u201cMachine learning has the best mathematical tools available to us and is the future. But, in the Indian context, data integrity, data quality and quantity are a challenge, which may mar the development of AI-based weather forecasting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shah sees AI\/ML as a complementary addition, rather than a fix-all replacement. \u201cWe have to see machine learning like an additional tool in our arsenal,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can AI help predict GLOFs in the Indian Himalayas?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, situated in Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, is pioneering the development of an advanced warning system for glacial hazards, with its director, Kalachand Sain, advocating for the integration of AI and ML in these efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sain conducted extensive research<\/a> into the Chamoli disaster<\/a>, where an avalanche in February 2021 severely damaged two hydropower projects in Uttarakhand\u2019s Chamoli district, leading to over 200 casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur study found that the rock-ice avalanche appears to have been initiated by seismic precursors which were continuously active for 2.5 hours prior to main detachment, but we do not monitor seismic activity around glaciers,\u201d Sain tells Dialogue Earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sain\u2019s institute has been identifying potential risk zones for GLOFs in Uttarakhand. He singles out the Alaknanda-Dhauliganga-Rishiganga, a tectonically-active basin, as a priority area due to the 29 existing hydropower projects, in various stages of completion, in addition to 54 proposed plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have to see machine learning like an additional tool in our arsenal<\/blockquote>Mohak Shah, founder of AI firm Praescivi Advisors<\/cite><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor an AI-based integrated early warning system for glacial hazards, we need satellite data, real-time meteorological data, real-time hydrological data, real-time seismic and GPS data and general field survey,\u201d says Sain. He underscores the urgency of setting up a dedicated glaciological centre in the region, requiring an investment of Rs 10-12 crore (USD $ 1.2m-1.4m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rashid seconds this view, citing the disastrous 2021 Chamoli event and a 2023 GLOF in Sikkim, which occurred despite the presence of monitoring equipment that malfunctioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt present, no seismic data is collected around glaciers in the entire Indian Himalayan region. Also, there is no detailed GLOF risk,\u201d he says. Existing studies are fragmented, offering an incomplete picture of the Himalayas’ glacial risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rashid advocates for a standardised method of collecting field data on glaciers and glacial lakes across the region. This data would be instrumental in developing a comprehensive AI-based forecast and alert system. \u201cThis massive exercise will need funds and money will come only if there is a strong political will,\u201d Rashid concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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