NowcastDiT: Diffusion Transformers are Effective Precipitation Nowcasters
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arXiv:2609.37038v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Precipitation nowcasting demands accurate short-term forecasts under strong spatiotemporal variability. Diffusion models are well suited to modeling complex precipitation distributions, yet existing approaches often introduce increasingly specialized designs, leaving the capability of a standard diffusion architecture underexplored. We show that a standard Diffusion Transformer already provides a simple and scalable foundation for precipitation nowcasting, with domain-specific requirements accommodated naturally within its design space. Based o
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- arXiv:2609.37038v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Precipitation nowcasting demands accurate short-term forecasts under strong spatiotemporal variability.
- Diffusion models are well suited to modeling complex precipitation distributions, yet existing approaches often introduce increasingly specialized designs, leaving the capability of a standard diffusion architecture underexplored.
- We show that a standard Diffusion Transformer already provides a simple and scalable foundation for precipitation nowcasting, with domain-specific requirements accommodated naturally within its design space.
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