Improvement of precipitation forecasting skill of ECMWF data using multi-layer perceptron technique

Seungsoo Lee; Gayoung Kim; Soonjo Yoon; Hyunuk An

doi:10.3741/JKWRA.2019.52.7.475

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Improvement of precipitation forecasting skill of ECMWF data using multi-layer perceptron technique 다층퍼셉트론 기법을 이용한 ECMWF 예측자료의 강수예측 정확도 향상

31 July 2019. pp. 475-482

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Abstract

Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) prediction information which have 2 weeks to 2 months lead time are expected to be used through many parts of industry fields, but utilizability is not reached to expectation because of lower predictability than weather forecast and mid- / long-term forecast. In this study, we used multi-layer perceptron (MLP) which is one of machine learning technique that was built for regression training in order to improve predictability of S2S precipitation data at South Korea through post-processing. Hindcast information of ECMWF was used for MLP training and the original data were compared with trained outputs based on dichotomous forecast technique. As a result, Bias score, accuracy, and Critical Success Index (CSI) of trained output were improved on average by 59.7%, 124.3% and 88.5%, respectively. Probability of detection (POD) score was decreased on average by 9.5% and the reason was analyzed that ECMWF’s model excessively predicted precipitation days. In this study, we confirmed that predictability of ECMWF’s S2S information can be improved by post-processing using MLP even the predictability of original data was low. The results of this study can be used to increase the capability of S2S information in water resource and agricultural fields.

Keywords

S2S

ECMWF

Multi-layer perceptron

2주에서 2개월까지 선행기간을 가지는 계절내-계절(Subseasonal-to-Seasonal, S2S) 예측결과는 산업전반에 걸쳐 다양한 분야에 활용이 가능할 것으로 기대되고 있으나, 일기예보나 중장기 예보대비 낮은 예측성으로 인하여 현재까지 활용성이 매우 낮은 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 기계학습 기법중 비선형회귀 분야에서 좋은 결과를 보여주는 다층퍼셉트론 기법을 이용하여 S2S 예측자료의 후처리를 통한 국내 영역에서의 강수예측성 향상에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 후처리 모형의 학습을 위한 입력자료로는 ECMWF의 S2S 과거예측(Hindcast) 정보를 이용하였으며 양분예보기법에 기반하여 학습된 다층퍼셉트론 모델을 이용한 후처리 결과와의 비교 분석이 수행되었다. 비교분석 결과 편차도(Bias score)는 평균 59.7% 감소하였고, 정확도(Accuracy)는 124.3% 증가하였으며, 임계성공지수(Critical Success Index)는 88.5% 향상된 것으로 분석되었다. 탐지확률(Probability of detection)의 경우 원자료 대비 평균 9.5% 감소하였으나 이는 ECMWF의 예측모델이 강수의 발생일을 과도하게 예측하였기 때문인 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구 수행 결과 비록 ECMWF의 S2S 예측자료의 예측성이 낮더라도 후처리를 통해 예측성을 향상 시킬 수 있음을 확인하였으며, 본 연구 결과는 향후 수자원과 농업 분야에서 S2S 자료의 활용성을 높이는데 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

키워드

계절내-계절 예측

기계학습

다층퍼셉트론

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Publisher :KOREA WATER RESOURECES ASSOCIATION
Publisher(Ko) :한국수자원학회
Journal Title :Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
Journal Title(Ko) :한국수자원학회 논문집
Volume : 52
No :7
Pages :475-482
Received Date : 2019-03-11
Revised Date : 2019-05-19
Accepted Date : 2019-06-20
DOI :https://doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2019.52.7.475

Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 한국수자원학회 논문집 ISSN:2799-8746(Print) 2799-8754(Online)

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