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Learning effective Sargassum transport dynamics from limited drifter observations

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Learning effective Sargassum transport dynamics from limited drifter observations

arXiv:2605.30603v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Floating-material transport is influenced by unresolved processes that are often absent from available circulation products. We develop a data-driven transport-learning framework for learning effective transport corrections from limited Lagrangian observations using physically motivated ocean--atmosphere diagnostics and finite-memory representations motivated in part by inertial-particle memory effects. The diagnostic representation is analyzed through predictive and sparse symbolic-discovery approaches under leave-one-trajectory-out validation

Why this matters
Why now

The increasing availability of high-resolution satellite data and advances in AI and machine learning techniques enable the development of more sophisticated models for environmental phenomena like Sargassum transport.

Why it’s important

Accurate prediction of Sargassum transport has significant implications for coastal economies, marine ecosystems, and maritime activities, particularly in regions burdened by massive Sargassum influxes.

What changes

The ability to learn effective transport dynamics from limited observations, integrated with existing circulation products, provides a more robust and adaptable framework for forecasting floating material movements.

Winners
  • · Coastal tourism industries
  • · Fishing industries
  • · Maritime shipping
  • · Environmental monitoring agencies
Losers
  • · Regions unprepared for Sargassum influxes
  • · Inflexible traditional oceanographic modeling approaches
Second-order effects
Direct

Improved early warning systems for Sargassum blooms will reduce their negative economic and environmental impacts.

Second

More effective resource allocation for Sargassum clean-up and management efforts, potentially leading to new marine resource industries.

Third

Enhanced understanding of broader ocean current dynamics and climate change impacts on marine ecosystems, leading to better global environmental governance.

Editorial confidence: 85 / 100 · Structural impact: 40 / 100
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