MSFF-CAA-ResNet: multi-scale and attention-enhanced residual network for tropical cyclone center location

Zhengtang CHEN; Ye TAO; Chong WANG; Yanli WU

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MSFF-CAA-ResNet: multi-scale and attention-enhanced residual network for tropical cyclone center location

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- MSFF-CAA-ResNet: multi-scale and attention-enhanced residual network for tropical cyclone center location
- MSFF-CAA-ResNet: multi-scale and attention-enhanced residual network for tropical cyclone center location
- 海洋湖沼学报(英文) 2026年页码：1-13
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, China
  2.Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
- Author bio：
  
  ye.tao@qust.edu.cn
  wangchong1@qdio.ac.cn
- Funds：
  
  the National Natural Science Foundation of China(4250060080);the TS Scholar Young Expert Program in 2026(tsqn202507276);the Qingdao Science and Technology for People’s Livelihood Demonstration Special Project(25-1-5-cspz-18-nsh);the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF(GZC20241741);the Postdoctoral Innovation Project of Shandong Province(SDCX-ZG-202501036)
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-025-5251-5
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- 收稿：2025-07-07，
  
  网络首发：2026-09-15，
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Zhengtang CHEN, Ye TAO, Chong WANG, 等. MSFF-CAA-ResNet: multi-scale and attention-enhanced residual network for tropical cyclone center location[J/OL]. 海洋湖沼学报(英文), 2026,1-13.

CHEN Zhengtang,TAO Ye,WANG Chong,et al.MSFF-CAA-ResNet: multi-scale and attention-enhanced residual network for tropical cyclone center location[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,
Zhengtang CHEN, Ye TAO, Chong WANG, 等. MSFF-CAA-ResNet: multi-scale and attention-enhanced residual network for tropical cyclone center location[J/OL]. 海洋湖沼学报(英文), 2026,1-13. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-025-5251-5.

CHEN Zhengtang,TAO Ye,WANG Chong,et al.MSFF-CAA-ResNet: multi-scale and attention-enhanced residual network for tropical cyclone center location[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, DOI：.

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To locate the tropical cyclone (TC) center is a critical task for reducing the impact of TC. However

traditional deep-learning methods struggle to extract high-dimensional features from the cloud structure of TC

leading to significant errors in the center location. We collected ~16 000 infrared images from the HURSAT-B1 Global Tropical Cyclone Satellite Dataset

covering TC samples from multiple satellite remote sensing platforms and ocean regions

and designed a TC center location model MSFF-CAA-ResNet that is built upon the classic residual structure by introducing the multi-scale feature fusion (MSFF) module and the center-aware attention (CAA) module

which works synergistically to enhance the model’s ability to locate the TC center position. Experimental results show that the MSFF-CAA-ResNet model could not only adapt to multi-source remote sensing platforms but also achieve high-precision TC center location worldwide. Ablation experiments indicate that both MSFF and CAA contribute to TC center location. The improved MSFF-CAA-ResNet-F model achieves an average location error of 23.9 km

representing a 12.7% reduction compared to the baseline model. Interpretability analysis shows that the MSFF-CAA-ResNet-F model focuses more on the central features of TCs compared to the baseline model. This indicates that the MSFF-CAA-ResNet-F model holds promising application prospects.

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