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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-3243</article-id>
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<article-title>Spatiotemporal Dual-Stream Transformers for Cloud Microphysical Parameterization</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Huang</surname>
<given-names>Yijun</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhang</surname>
<given-names>Qi</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kong</surname>
<given-names>Hoiio</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wong</surname>
<given-names>Chan-Seng</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zhao</surname>
<given-names>Huan</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-3137</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shu</surname>
<given-names>Ting</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>School of Artificial Intelligence, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Hainan International College, Minzu University of China, Hainan, China</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Faculty of Data Science, City University of Macau, Macau, China</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>18</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>19</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Yijun Huang et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Accurate precipitation forecasting is essential for mitigating weather-related disasters. Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) precipitation forecasting accuracy is largely constrained by microphysical parameterization schemes, which rely on simplifying assumptions that introduce uncertainties. Deep learning provides a promising approach for data-driven modeling of complex microphysical relationships. We propose to model the cloud microphysical process via the Learned Microphysics Transformer (LMP-Tr). LMP-Tr employs a hybrid Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)&amp;ndash;Transformer architecture that alternately integrates multi-scale convolutional modules and dual-pathway attention modules to capture both local cloud-scale features and long-range atmospheric dependencies. The key innovation lies in the systematic alternation of multi-scale convolutional modules for local feature extraction and dual-pathway attention modules for global dependency modeling. The proposed model enables progressive refinement of atmospheric representations through height-variable attention pathways and cross-module attention mechanisms. Extensive evaluation on a WRF simulation dataset demonstrates superior performance of the proposed method. LMP-Tr provides a practical and effective solution for enhancing cloud microphysics representation in operational NWP systems, offering improved accuracy and physical consistency compared to other Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based parameterization approaches.</p>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>62471310</award-id>
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<funding-source>Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province</funding-source>
<award-id>2024A1515510031</award-id>
<award-id>2023A1515011438</award-id>
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