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Neural Networks for rainfall forecasting by atmospheric downscaling

Olsson, J. ; Bertacchi Uvo, Cintia LU orcid ; Jinno, K. ; Kawamura, A. ; Nishiyama, K. ; Koreeda, N. ; Nakashima, T. and Morita, O. (2004) In Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 9(1). p.1-12
Abstract
Several studies have used artificial neural networks (NNs) to estimate local or regional recipitation/rainfall on the basis of relationships with coarse-resolution atmospheric variables. None of these experiments satisfactorily reproduced temporal intermittency and variability in rainfall. We attempt to improve performance by using two approaches: (1) couple two NNs in series, the first to determine rainfall occurrence, and the second to determine rainfall intensity during rainy periods; and (2) categorize rainfall into intensity categories and train the NN to reproduce these rather than the actual intensities. The experiments focused on estimating 12-h mean rainfall in the Chikugo River basin, Kyushu Island, southern Japan, from... (More)
Several studies have used artificial neural networks (NNs) to estimate local or regional recipitation/rainfall on the basis of relationships with coarse-resolution atmospheric variables. None of these experiments satisfactorily reproduced temporal intermittency and variability in rainfall. We attempt to improve performance by using two approaches: (1) couple two NNs in series, the first to determine rainfall occurrence, and the second to determine rainfall intensity during rainy periods; and (2) categorize rainfall into intensity categories and train the NN to reproduce these rather than the actual intensities. The experiments focused on estimating 12-h mean rainfall in the Chikugo River basin, Kyushu Island, southern Japan, from large-scale values of wind speeds at 850 hPa and precipitable water. The results indicated that (1) two NNs in series may greatly improve the reproduction of intermittency; (2) longer data series are required to reproduce variability; (3) intensity categorization may be useful for probabilistic forecasting; and (4) overall performance in this region is better during winter and spring than during summer and autumn. (Less)
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10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2004)9:1(1)
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  author       = {{Olsson, J. and Bertacchi Uvo, Cintia and Jinno, K. and Kawamura, A. and Nishiyama, K. and Koreeda, N. and Nakashima, T. and Morita, O.}},
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  title        = {{Neural Networks for rainfall forecasting by atmospheric downscaling}},
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