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Deep learning applied to glacier evolution modelling
Jordi Bolibar
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Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), Grenoble, France
INRAE, UR RiverLy, Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
Antoine Rabatel
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), Grenoble, France
Isabelle Gouttevin
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d’Études de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Clovis Galiez
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LJK, Grenoble, France
Thomas Condom
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, G-INP, Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), Grenoble, France
Eric Sauquet
INRAE, UR RiverLy, Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
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Short summary
We introduce a novel approach for simulating glacier mass balances using a deep artificial neural network (i.e. deep learning) from climate and topographical data. This has been added as a component of a new open-source parameterized glacier evolution model. Deep learning is found to outperform linear machine learning methods, mainly due to its nonlinearity. Potential applications range from regional mass balance reconstructions from observations to simulations for past and future climates.
We introduce a novel approach for simulating glacier mass balances using a deep artificial...