AIFS Single v2: ECMWF's data-driven weather forecasting model
Browse filesECMWF's Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS) Single v2,
implemented operationally on 12 May 2026, superseding v1.1. Generates
single 15-day (6-hourly) global forecasts four times per day.
Built on a GNN encoder/decoder with sliding window transformer processor,
trained on ERA5 (1979-2022) and fine-tuned on operational analysis data
(2018-2024). Trained on 16 GH200 GPUs using the Anemoi framework.
Key features in v2:
- First operational data-driven wave forecasts (11 wave variables)
- New snow variable (fraction of snow cover)
- Improved stratosphere representation (10hPa pressure level)
- Improved vertical velocities (W changed to diagnostic field)
- Extended fine-tuning with 2 additional years of data
Includes pretrained checkpoint (994MB), inference notebook, and
uv lock files for reproducible environments.
Co-authored-by: Meghan Plumridge <maplumridge@users.noreply.huggingface.co>
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- aifs-single-mse-2.0.ckpt +3 -0
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# AIFS Single v2
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<!-- Provide a quick summary of what the model is/does. -->
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The AIFS is ECMWF's **Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System**.
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It consists of two data-driven medium-range forecast models:
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- AIFS Single v2 (described here)
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- AIFS ENS v2 (described on the [following page](https://huggingface.co/ecmwf/aifs-ens-2.0))
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**AIFS Single v2** was implemented on **12 May 2026** and supersedes version [1.1](https://huggingface.co/ecmwf/aifs-single-1.1).
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It is run operationally by ECMWF, generating a single 15-day (6-hourly) global forecast four times per day.
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## Table of contents
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- [What's new in v2](#whats-new-in-v2)
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- [Quickstart](#quickstart)
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- [Model overview](#model-overview)
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- [Data details](#data-details)
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- [Training details](#training-details)
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- [Evaluation](#evaluation)
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- [Known limitations](#known-limitations)
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- [Technical specifications](#technical-specifications)
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- [Citation](#citation)
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## What's new in v2
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- A new wave component, including 11 wave variables, marking **ECMWF's first operational data-driven wave forecasts**.
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- The addition of a new snow variable to the existing land component.
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- Improved vertical velocities, by changing parameter W from a prognostic to a diagnostic field.
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- An improved representation of the stratosphere, with the addition of pressure level fields at 10hPa.
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- An improved training regime, using 2 years of additional training data compared to AIFS Single [v1.1](https://huggingface.co/ecmwf/aifs-single-1.1).
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## Quickstart
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### Access AIFS Single v2 model data
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ECMWF generates operational forecasts from AIFS Single v2 four times per day (at 00, 06, 12 & 18 UTC).
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Users can access the forecast data free-of-charge through various [open data platforms](https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/open-data).
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### Generate a forecast with AIFS Single v2
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- installing packages and imports
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- running inference with [anemoi-inference](https://github.com/ecmwf/anemoi-inference)
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## Model overview
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### Model description
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The model has a flexible and modular design and supports several levels of parallelism to enable training on
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high resolution input data. AIFS forecast skill is assessed by comparing its forecasts to numerical weather prediciton (NWP) analyses
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and direct observational data.
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- **Developed by:** ECMWF
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- **Model type:** Encoder-processor-decoder model
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- **License:** Inference model weights are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
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To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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The [demonstration notebook](run_AIFS_v2.0.ipynb) and other script files are published under an Apache 2.0 licence.
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| Model | Vertical resolution [pressure levels] (hPa) |
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- **Repository:** [Anemoi](https://anemoi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) is an open-source framework for
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creating data-driven weather forecasting systems. Anemoi is co-developed by ECMWF and national meteorological
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services across Europe.
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- **Papers:**
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- [AIFS: ECMWF's data-driven forecasting system (2024)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01465)
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- [An update to ECMWF's machine-learned weather forecast model AIFS (2025)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18994)
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- [Representing the Surface Ocean in ECMWF's data-driven forecasting system AIFS (2026)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25559)
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The data used for **pre-training** AIFS Single v2 remains the same as for the previous model version ([v1.1](https://huggingface.co/ecmwf/aifs-single-1.1)):
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- Pre-training was performed on ERA5 data covering the years 1979–2022 over 260,000 training steps.
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The data used for **fine-tuning** AIFS Single v2 has been updated:
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- Fine-tuning was performed on 2 years of additional data compared to [AIFS Single v1.1](https://huggingface.co/ecmwf/aifs-single-1.1).
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- In particular, fine-tuning was performed on ECMWF operational analysis data and
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IFS 50r1 esuite analysis data, covering the years 2018-2024 over 7,900 training steps.
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<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;">
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<img src="assets/single_v2_training.png" alt="AIFS Single v2 fine-tuning" style="width: 80%;"/>
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</div>
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>*Note: The IFS 50r1 esuite analysis data used for fine-tuning is not available to users. It consists of prototype data from early versions of IFS Cycle 50r1.*
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As in previous versions of AIFS Single, IFS fields are interpolated from their native O1280 resolution
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(approximately 0.1°) using MARS default interpolation tools down to N320 (approximately 0.25°) for
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fine-tuning and initialisation of the model during inference.
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### Data parameters
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#### New parameters
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AIFS Single v2 introduces 12 new parameters, which were used for model training and are output by the
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model during a forecast.
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| Short Name | Name | Units |
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| h1012 | Significant wave height of all waves with periods within the inclusive range from 10 to 12 seconds | \(m\) |
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| h1214 | Significant wave height of all waves with periods within the inclusive range from 12 to 14 seconds | \(m\) |
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| h1417 | Significant wave height of all waves with periods within the inclusive range from 14 to 17 seconds | \(m\) |
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| h1721 | Significant wave height of all waves with periods within the inclusive range from 17 to 21 seconds | \(m\) |
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| h2125 | Significant wave height of all waves with periods within the inclusive range from 21 to 25 seconds | \(m\) |
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| h2530 | Significant wave height of all waves with periods within the inclusive range from 25 to 30 seconds | \(m\) |
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| wmb | Model bathymetry | \(m\) |
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| swh | Significant wave height | \(m\) |
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| mwd | Mean wave direction | \(Degree true\) |
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| mwp | Mean wave period | \(s\) |
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| cdww | Coefficient of drag with waves | \(dimensionless\) |
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| fscov | Fraction of snow cover | \(Proportion\) |
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## Training Details
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### Training Data
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AIFS Single v2 is trained on ECMWF’s ERA5 re-analysis and ECMWF’s operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) analyses as
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described in the [training data](#training-data) section.
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AIFS Single v2 is trained to produce 6-hour forecasts. It receives as input a representation of the atmospheric states
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at \\(t_{−6h}\\), \\(t_{0}\\), and then forecasts the state at time \\(t_{+6h}\\).
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<img src="assets/aifs_diagram.png" alt="AIFS 2m Temperature" style="width: 80%;"/>
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</div>
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The table below shows all parameters used and output by AIFS Single v2. New parameters and levels are marked **bold**.
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| Field | Level type | Input/Output |
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| Geopotential (Z), horizontal and vertical wind components (U, V), temperature (T) | Pressure levels: **10**, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 850, 925, 1000 | Both ("Prognostic") |
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| Specific humidity (Q) | Pressure levels: 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 850, 925, 1000 | Both ("Prognostic") |
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| Vertical velocity (W) | Pressure levels: **10**, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 850, 925, 1000 | Output ("Diagnostic") |
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| Specific humidity (Q) | Pressure level: 50 | Output ("Diagnostic") |
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| Surface pressure (SP), mean sea-level pressure (MSL), sea-surface temperature (SST), skin temperature (SKT), 2m temperature (2T), 2m dewpoint temperature (2D), 10m horizontal wind components (10U, 10V), total column water (TCW), **mean wave period (MWP)**, **mean wave direction (MWD)**, **coefficient of drag with waves (CDWW)**, **significant wave height (SWH)**, significant wave height of all waves with periods within the inclusive range from: <br><br> - **10 to 12 seconds (H1012)** <br> - **12 to 14 seconds (H1214)** <br> - **14 to 17 seconds (H1417)** <br> - **17 to 21 seconds (H1721)** <br> - **21 to 25 seconds (H2125)** <br> - **25 to 30 seconds (H2530)** | Surface | Both ("Prognostic") |
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| Volumetric soil moisture (VSW) and soil temperature (SOT), both at soil depth 1 and 2 | Soil layer | Both ("Prognostic") |
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| 100m horizontal wind components (100U, 100V), surface short-wave (solar) radiation downwards (SSRD), surface long-wave (thermal) radiation downwards (STRD), cloud variables (TCC, HCC, MCC, LCC), runoff water equivalent (ROWE) and snow fall (SF), total precipitation (TP), convective precipitation (CP), **fraction of snow cover (FSCOV)** | Surface | Output ("Diagnostic") |
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| Standard deviation of sub-gridscale orography (SDOR), slope of sub-gridscale orography (SLOR), land-sea mask (LSM), Geopotential (Z), insolation, latitude/longitude, time of day/day of year | Surface | Input ("Forcings") |
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### Training Procedure
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This upgrade does not introduce any changes to the model architecture; the model remains the same as the existing operational model
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[v1.1](https://huggingface.co/ecmwf/aifs-single-1.1). Technical details about the model architecture are detailed in the arXiv
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preprints [here](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18994) and [here](https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01465).
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#### Speeds, Sizes, Times
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Data parallelism is used for training, with a batch size of 16. One model instance is split across one 120GB GH200
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GPUs. Training is done using mixed precision (Micikevicius et al. [2018]), and the entire process
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takes about 4 days, with 16 GPUs in total. The checkpoint size is 994MB and as mentioned above, it does not include the optimizer
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state.
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## Evaluation
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Interactive scorecards presenting the performance of AIFS Single v2 between January-March 2026 are now available.
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The scorecards compare performance when initialised from 49r1 and 50r1 IFS initial conditions:
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- [AIFS Single v2 (initialised from 50r1) compared with AIFS Single v1.1](initialised from 49r1)(https://sites.ecmwf.int/aifs/scorecards/AIFS-Single-v2%20vs%20AIFS-Single-v1.1.html)
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- [AIFS Single v2 compared with AIFS Single v1.1 (both initialised from 50r1)](https://sites.ecmwf.int/aifs/scorecards/AIFS-Single-v2%20vs%20AIFS-Single-v1.1%20from%2050r1.html)
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## Known limitations
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Please refer to https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/FCST/Known+AIFS+Forecasting+Issues.
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## Technical specifications
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### Hardware
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<!-- {{ hardware_requirements | default("[More Information Needed]", true)}} -->
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AIFS Single v2 was trained on 16 GH200 GPUs (120GB).
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### Software
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The model was developed and trained using the [Anemoi framework](https://anemoi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
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The Anemoi framework provides a complete toolkit to develop data-driven weather models –
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from data preparation through to inference. The development is primarily driven by a number
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of European Meterological Organisations but open to contributions from any organisation or any individual.
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The framework is composed of several packages which target the different components necessary to
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construct data-driven weather models. To aid development and deployment, each package collects metadata
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that can be used by the subsequent packages. The framework builds upon on established Python tools
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including PyTorch, Lighting, Hydra, Zarr, Xarray and earthkit.
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## Citation
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<!-- If there is a paper or blog post introducing the model, the APA and Bibtex information for that should go in this section. -->
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If you use this model in your work, please cite it as follows:
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**BibTeX:**
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```bibtex
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@article{lang2024aifs,
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title={AIFS-ECMWF's data-driven forecasting system},
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author={Lang, Simon and Alexe, Mihai and Chantry, Matthew and Dramsch, Jesper and Pinault, Florian and Raoult, Baudouin and Clare, Mariana CA and Lessig, Christian and Maier-Gerber, Michael and Magnusson, Linus and others},
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journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.01465},
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year={2024}
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```
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**APA:**
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```apa
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Lang, S., Alexe, M., Chantry, M., Dramsch, J., Pinault, F., Raoult, B., ... & Rabier, F. (2024). AIFS-ECMWF's data-driven forecasting system. arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.01465.
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## More information
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All papers:
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- [AIFS: ECMWF's data-driven forecasting system (2024)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01465)
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- [An update to ECMWF's machine-learned weather forecast model AIFS (2025)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18994)
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- [Representing the Surface Ocean in ECMWF's data-driven forecasting system AIFS (2026)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25559)
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Blog posts:
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- [Integrating snow fields into AIFS v2 (2026)](https://www.ecmwf.int/en/newsletter/186/news/integrating-snow-fields-aifs-v2)
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- [Let it snow! How machine learning will forecast snow in the AIFS (2025)](https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/aifs-blog/2025/let-it-snow-machine-learning-snow-forecast)
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- [Representing ocean wind waves in ECMWF's AIFS (2025)](https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/aifs-blog/2025/representing-ocean-wind-waves-ecmwfs-aifs)
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constant_fields: [z, sdor, slor, lsm]
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"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
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"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
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]
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dependencies = [
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"anemoi-graphs==0.6.4",
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"anemoi-models==0.9.3",
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"anemoi-transform==0.1.16.post2",
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"anemoi-utils==0.4.35",
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"earthkit-data<1",
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"earthkit-plots<1",
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"flash-attn==2.7.4",
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"torch==2.7",
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"torch-geometric==2.6.1",
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]
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optional-dependencies.inference = [
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"anemoi-inference[huggingface]==0.8.3",
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"anemoi-plugins-ecmwf-inference[opendata]==0.2.1",
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"earthkit-regrid==0.5.1",
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"ecmwf-opendata==0.3.29",
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]
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optional-dependencies.jupyter = [
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"ipykernel>=7.2",
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]
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optional-dependencies.training = [
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"anemoi-training==0.6.3",
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]
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[tool.uv]
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sources.flash-attn = [
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{ url = "https://github.com/cathalobrien/get-flash-attn/releases/download/v0.1-alpha/flash_attn-2.8.3+cu12torch2.7cxx11abiFALSE-cp312-cp312-linux_x86_64.whl", marker = "platform_machine == 'x86_64' and sys_platform != 'win32'" },
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{ url = "https://github.com/cathalobrien/get-flash-attn/releases/download/v0.1-alpha/flash_attn-2.8.3+cu12torch2.7cxx11abiFALSE-cp312-cp312-linux_aarch64.whl", marker = "platform_machine == 'aarch64' and sys_platform == 'linux'" },
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]
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environments = [
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"sys_platform == 'linux' and (platform_machine == 'x86_64' or platform_machine == 'aarch64')",
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