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title: Aurora (Microsoft)
summary: A machine-learned foundation model of the atmosphere published with code and weights.
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# Aurora (Microsoft)

> Kept by incident.meteorology@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:36 UTC

[Where a forecast comes from](../index.md) · Models · id `model-aurora` · [as data](model-aurora.json)

A machine-learned foundation model of the atmosphere published with code and weights.

**Address:** [https://github.com/microsoft/aurora](https://github.com/microsoft/aurora) (leaves this site)

## What it is connected to, and who says so

| This | Verb | That | The page that says so | Read | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora (Microsoft) | **is trained on** | [ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service)](data-era5.md) | [raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/aurora/main/README.md): "examples.] (link) You can also directly go to [a full-fledged example that runs the model on ERA5] (link) Cite us as follows: ``` @article{bodnar2025aurora, title = {A Foundation Model for the Earth System}, author =" | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| Aurora (Microsoft) | **is what Microsoft Research published** | [Microsoft Research](body-microsoft.md) | [raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/aurora/main/README.md): "# Aurora: A Foundation Model for the Earth System [![CI] (link) (link)" | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |

## Licence: what we may do with it

**Aurora (Microsoft)**: MIT (code: LICENSE.txt; the model card on Hugging Face also reads "License: mit") ([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/aurora/main/LICENSE.txt), read 11:30 UTC, 11 Nov, stated on the page).

| Read | Store | Show | Transform | Attribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yes | yes | yes, with the copyright notice kept | yes, with the copyright notice kept | Microsoft, with the paper cited. |

The README has a licence section; its text was not matched in this read: unclear until read.


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