Científicos de UC San Diego desarrollan una IA para el mapeo detallado de corrientes oceánicas

Investigadores de la Universidad de California en San Diego han creado una herramienta de IA llamada GOFlow que mapea corrientes oceánicas en vastas áreas del océano con un detalle sin precedentes utilizando imágenes térmicas satelitales. El equipo publicó sus hallazgos en Nature Geoscience el 13 de abril. El sistema rastrea corrientes pequeñas y de cambio rápido que influyen en el movimiento de calor, carbono, nutrientes y contaminantes.

Luc Lenain, oceanógrafo de la Scripps Institution of Oceanography de UC San Diego y autor principal del estudio, desarrolló GOFlow tras observar patrones de temperatura en imágenes satelitales del Atlántico Norte, particularmente de la Corriente del Golfo. La red neuronal fue entrenada con corrientes oceánicas simuladas y luego aplicada a imágenes térmicas reales de satélites meteorológicos. Al monitorear los cambios en las temperaturas de la superficie, GOFlow infiere la actividad de las corrientes subyacentes.

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