One Stone Three Birds: Three-Dimensional Implicit Neural Network for Compression and Continuous Representation of Multi-Altitude Climate Data

Wind energy stands out as a promising clean and renewable energy alternative, not only for its potential to combat global warming but also for its capacity to meet the ever-growing demand for energy. However, analysis of wind data to fully harness the benefits of wind energy demands tackling several related challenges: (1) Current data resolution is inadequate for capturing the detailed information needed across diverse climatic conditions; (2) Efficient management and storage of real-time measurements are currently lacking; (3) Extrapolating wind data across spatial specifications enables analysis at costly-to-measure, unobserved points is necessary. In response to these challenges, we introduce OSTB (One Stone Three Bird) model, a modality-agnostic learning framework utilizing implicit neural networks. Our model effectively compresses a large volume of climate data into a manageable latent codec. It also learns underlying continuous climate patterns, enabling reconstruction at any scale and supporting modality transfer and fusion. Extensive experimental results show consistent performance improvements over existing baselines.