Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Bias-Correction in Thailand Using Attention U-Net With Seasonal and Meteorological Effects

There have been many attempts to forecast sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) precipitation. One of them is the Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2) model; however, a bias correction must be applied before CFSv2 data can be used in each local region. In this research, we aim to address the S2S preci...

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Main Authors: Tanatorn Faijaroenmongkol, Kanoksri Sarinnapakorn, Peerapon Vateekul
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Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
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Kanoksri Sarinnapakorn
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description There have been many attempts to forecast sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) precipitation. One of them is the Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2) model; however, a bias correction must be applied before CFSv2 data can be used in each local region. In this research, we aim to address the S2S precipitation forecasting using our new bias correction on CFSv2 data. Our model is based on the deep learning model: Attention U-Net having two proposed enhancements: (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$i$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) a multi-scale residual block to learn patterns on different scales and (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ii$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) a combination of customized regression loss and classification loss. Further, we apply a log scaler to reduce the impact of skewness in the data. Finally, seasonal and meteorological effects are provided as additional input for our model. CFSv2 is employed as a dataset to be corrected in our study, while rainfall data from Thailand&#x2019;s Hydro-Informatics Institute (HII) is served as the ground truth. In the result, it demonstrates that our model outperforms two baseline models: namely, a linear-downscaling technique (traditional approach) and a traditional Attention U-Net model. Our model&#x2019;s root mean square error (RMSE) and temporal correlation coefficient (TCC) improve about 8.65&#x0025; and 13.77&#x0025; respectively, over the linear-downscaling technique. Besides the results of the Attention U-Net model reveal that our model&#x2019;s RMSE and TCC improve by about 15.56&#x0025; and 12.06&#x0025;, respectively.
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spelling doaj.art-14ed66981d244801b113a05b6d5282ff2023-12-08T00:03:43ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-011113546313547510.1109/ACCESS.2023.333799810335653Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Bias-Correction in Thailand Using Attention U-Net With Seasonal and Meteorological EffectsTanatorn Faijaroenmongkol0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7621-3811Kanoksri Sarinnapakorn1Peerapon Vateekul2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9718-3592Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Pathum Wan, Bangkok, ThailandHydro-Informatics Institute, Bangkok, ThailandDepartment of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Pathum Wan, Bangkok, ThailandThere have been many attempts to forecast sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) precipitation. One of them is the Climate Forecast System version 2 (CFSv2) model; however, a bias correction must be applied before CFSv2 data can be used in each local region. In this research, we aim to address the S2S precipitation forecasting using our new bias correction on CFSv2 data. Our model is based on the deep learning model: Attention U-Net having two proposed enhancements: (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$i$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) a multi-scale residual block to learn patterns on different scales and (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ii$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) a combination of customized regression loss and classification loss. Further, we apply a log scaler to reduce the impact of skewness in the data. Finally, seasonal and meteorological effects are provided as additional input for our model. CFSv2 is employed as a dataset to be corrected in our study, while rainfall data from Thailand&#x2019;s Hydro-Informatics Institute (HII) is served as the ground truth. In the result, it demonstrates that our model outperforms two baseline models: namely, a linear-downscaling technique (traditional approach) and a traditional Attention U-Net model. Our model&#x2019;s root mean square error (RMSE) and temporal correlation coefficient (TCC) improve about 8.65&#x0025; and 13.77&#x0025; respectively, over the linear-downscaling technique. Besides the results of the Attention U-Net model reveal that our model&#x2019;s RMSE and TCC improve by about 15.56&#x0025; and 12.06&#x0025;, respectively.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10335653/Sub-seasonal precipitation forecastingbias-correction
spellingShingle Tanatorn Faijaroenmongkol
Kanoksri Sarinnapakorn
Peerapon Vateekul
Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Bias-Correction in Thailand Using Attention U-Net With Seasonal and Meteorological Effects
IEEE Access
Sub-seasonal precipitation forecasting
bias-correction
title Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Bias-Correction in Thailand Using Attention U-Net With Seasonal and Meteorological Effects
title_full Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Bias-Correction in Thailand Using Attention U-Net With Seasonal and Meteorological Effects
title_fullStr Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Bias-Correction in Thailand Using Attention U-Net With Seasonal and Meteorological Effects
title_full_unstemmed Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Bias-Correction in Thailand Using Attention U-Net With Seasonal and Meteorological Effects
title_short Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Bias-Correction in Thailand Using Attention U-Net With Seasonal and Meteorological Effects
title_sort sub seasonal precipitation bias correction in thailand using attention u net with seasonal and meteorological effects
topic Sub-seasonal precipitation forecasting
bias-correction
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10335653/
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