weather
FourCastNet SFNO
FourCastNet version built on spherical Fourier neural operators for stable long rollouts on the sphere; NGC publishes an ERA5 73-channel checkpoint. Paper by Bonev et al. (2023).
Levelvariant
Classweather
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
Released6 Jun 2023
Opennessunknown
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive
Identity
- Developer
- NVIDIA
- Family
- FourCastNet
- Released
- 6 Jun 2023 sourcesannouncement page
- Weights published
- –
- Record checked
- 12 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.
Architecture and Size
- Architecture
- other Spherical Fourier neural operator
- Total parameters
- – sources
- Active parameters
- –
- Checkpoint parameters
- –
- Context length
- not in the notes
- Input
- sensor
- Output
- sensor
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).
Openness and Access
- Openness
- unknown
- Licence
- not in the notes sources
- Access routes
- open weights download
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.
Deployment
- Runs on
- not in the notes
- Footprint
- not in the notes
- Runtimes
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.
Indonesia
- Indonesian support
- not stated
- Regional languages
- not in the notes
- Jakarta hosting
- unknown
- Languages
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.
Benchmark Results
The notes record no benchmark result for this model.
Lineage
The notes record no lineage for this model.
Industry Use Cases
No industry use case links this model.
Links
DeveloperNVIDIAbig tech, USA
NVIDIAbig tech, USAModelFourCastNet SFNONVIDIA, weather
FourCastNet SFNONVIDIA, weatherUse CasesWeather ForecastingAgricultureUse cases of models in the same R&D topic; none is recorded for this model itself.
Who Runs It
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)Contract signed, 5 Feb 2026Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)In production, 23 Sep 2025Deployments of these use cases; none names this model.
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)Contract signed, 5 Feb 2026Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)In production, 23 Sep 2025Deployments of these use cases; none names this model.Models 1
Organisations 1
Sources
- arxiv.org/abs/2306.03838 https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.03838
- catalog.ngc.nvidia.com/orgs/nim/teams/nvidia/models/earth2-sfno-era5... https://catalog.ngc.nvidia.com/orgs/nim/teams/nvidia/models/earth2-sfno-era5-73ch
To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "FourCastNet SFNO", https://aurion.semai.id/models/nvidia-fourcastnet-sfno/, records of October 2026.