Are random (stochastic) shortcuts better than fixed ones for small-scale processes in climate models?
- Good it would do
- 4 / 5
- Can AI help
- 2 / 5
- How neglected
- 4 / 5
- Can we check it
- 4 / 5
Why it's stuck
Named as an outstanding open question in applied climate mathematics in 2013 and still unsettled. It sits between pure math and modeling, so neither community owns it.
What we'd try
Run large matched experiments comparing both kinds of scheme against fully resolved simulations, and use AI proof and search tools on the simplified cases.
What could stop us
Stochastic parameterization is an active, well-funded field, and the question is so broad that a single answer is unlikely.
Do you know the answer?
One reply from someone in the field can settle what our AI can't.