Environmental Modelling & Software,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
144, P. 105170 - 105170
Published: Aug. 22, 2021
Gaussian
processes
(GPs)
provide
statistically
optimal
predictions
in
the
sense
of
unbiasedness
and
maximal
precision.
Although
modern
implementation
GPs
as
a
machine
learning
technique
is
more
capable
flexible
than
Kriging,
their
employment
environmental
science
less
routine.
Their
flexibility
capability
spatial
data
interpolation
are
demonstrated
by
applying
them
to
groundwater
salinity
prediction
data-sparse
region
Australia.
By
from
multiple
sources,
including
AEM
DEM
data,
have
generated
maps
with
rich
local
details
quantified
uncertainty
support
risk-based
decision
making.
The
results
demonstrate
great
worth
nonpoint
regional
coverage
realistic
heterogeneity
aquifer
properties
that
critical
for
many
studies
such
contaminant
transport.
should
be
further
encouraged
prediction,
especially
when
point
measurements
sparse
predictors
available.
Water Research,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
223, P. 118973 - 118973
Published: Aug. 11, 2022
Deep
learning
techniques
and
algorithms
are
emerging
as
a
disruptive
technology
with
the
potential
to
transform
global
economies,
environments
societies.
They
have
been
applied
planning
management
problems
of
urban
water
systems
in
general,
however,
there
is
lack
systematic
review
current
state
deep
applications
an
examination
directions
where
can
contribute
solving
challenges.
Here
we
provide
such
review,
covering
demand
forecasting,
leakage
contamination
detection,
sewer
defect
assessment,
wastewater
system
prediction,
asset
monitoring
flooding.
We
find
that
application
still
at
early
stage
most
studies
used
benchmark
networks,
synthetic
data,
laboratory
or
pilot
test
performance
methods
no
practical
adoption
reported.
Leakage
detection
perhaps
forefront
receiving
implementation
into
day-to-day
operation
systems,
compared
other
reviewed.
Five
research
challenges,
i.e.,
data
privacy,
algorithmic
development,
explainability
trustworthiness,
multi-agent
digital
twins,
identified
key
areas
advance
management.
Future
expected
drive
towards
high
intelligence
autonomy.
hope
this
will
inspire
development
harness
power
help
achieve
sustainable
digitalise
sector
across
world.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
122, P. 103411 - 103411
Published: July 6, 2023
The
exacerbated
thermal
environment
in
cities,
with
the
urban
heat
island
(UHI)
effect
as
a
prominent
example,
has
been
source
of
many
adverse
environmental
issues,
including
increase
health
risks,
degradation
air
quality
and
ecosystem
services,
reduced
resiliency
engineering
infrastructure.
Last
decades
have
witnessed
tremendous
efforts
resources
being
invested
to
find
sustainable
solutions
for
mitigation,
whereas
relative
contributions
different
UHI
attributes
their
patterns
spatio-temporal
variability
remain
obscure.
In
this
study,
we
employed
random
forest
(RF)
method
quantify
importance
four
categories
surface
characteristics
that
regulate
UHI,
namely
greenery
fraction,
land
albedo,
morphology,
level
human
activities.
We
selected
seventeen
major
cities
from
six
megaregions
China
our
study
areas,
RF
training
test
sets
obtained
multi-sourced
remote
sensing
observational
data
products.
It
is
found
coverage
manifests
most
important
determinants
followed
by
albedo.
results
are
informative
planners,
policymakers,
practitioners
design
implement
strategies
mitigation.
Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
51, P. 101652 - 101652
Published: Jan. 9, 2024
The
Source
Region
of
the
Yellow
River
Basin
(SRYRB),
China
To
improve
daily
runoff
prediction
accuracy
in
data-scarce
areas,
this
study
focuses
on
incorporating
multiple
grid-based
data
(precipitation,
EVI,
soil
moisture
(SM))
to
drive
CNN-LSTM
hybrid
model.
spatial
features
precipitation
and
underlying
surface
basin
can
be
extracted
by
CNN,
while
temporal
input
series
captured
LSTM.
model
is
compared
with
single
models
(CNN,
LSTM),
performances
under
different
driven
are
also
investigated.
Driven
in-situ
precipitation,
(GPM)
SM
data,
achieved
best
result
NSE
0.834,
outperforming
LSTM
(NSE=0.510)
CNN
(NSE=0.612).
It
indicates
that
captures
spatiotemporal
change
basin.
When
using
only
GPM
as
input,
comparable
0.827.
implies
could
serve
a
good
alternative
provide
additional
value
prediction.
This
highlights
model,
which
provides
new
insights
into
regions.
Water Resources Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
60(4)
Published: April 1, 2024
Abstract
While
deep
learning
(DL)
models
exhibit
superior
simulation
accuracy
over
traditional
distributed
hydrological
(DHMs),
their
main
limitations
lie
in
opacity
and
the
absence
of
underlying
physical
mechanisms.
The
pursuit
synergies
between
DL
DHMs
is
an
engaging
research
domain,
yet
a
definitive
roadmap
remains
elusive.
In
this
study,
novel
framework
that
seamlessly
integrates
process‐based
model
encoded
as
neural
network
(NN),
additional
NN
for
mapping
spatially
physically
meaningful
parameters
from
watershed
attributes,
NN‐based
replacement
representing
inadequately
understood
processes
developed.
Multi‐source
observations
are
used
training
data,
fully
differentiable,
enabling
fast
parameter
tuning
by
backpropagation.
A
hybrid
Amazon
Basin
(∼6
×
10
6
km
2
)
was
established
based
on
framework,
HydroPy,
global‐scale
DHM,
its
backbone.
Trained
simultaneously
with
streamflow
Gravity
Recovery
Climate
Experiment
satellite
yielded
median
Nash‐Sutcliffe
efficiencies
0.83
0.77
dynamic
simulations
total
water
storage,
respectively,
41%
35%
higher
than
those
original
HydroPy
model.
Replacing
Penman‒Monteith
formulation
produces
more
plausible
potential
evapotranspiration
(PET)
estimates,
unravels
spatial
pattern
PET
giant
basin.
parameterization
interpreted
to
identify
factors
controlling
variability
key
parameters.
Overall,
study
lays
out
feasible
technical
modeling
big
data
era.
Environmental Modelling & Software,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
143, P. 105094 - 105094
Published: June 2, 2021
A
novel
ensemble-based
conceptual-data-driven
approach
(CDDA)
is
developed
where
a
data-driven
model
(DDM)
used
to
"correct"
the
residuals
from
an
ensemble
of
hydrological
(HM)
simulations.
The
CDDA
respects
processes
via
HM
and
it
benefits
DDM's
ability
simulate
complex
relationship
between
input
variables.
can
accomodate
any
DDM,
allowing
for
different
configurations
be
tested.
tested
streamflow
simulation
in
three
Swiss
catchments
HM,
HBV
(Hydrologiska
Byråns
Vattenbalansavdelning),
coupled
with
eight
DDMs:
Multiple
Linear
Regression,
k
Nearest
Neighbours
Second-Order
Volterra
Series
Model,
Artificial
Neural
Networks,
two
variants
eXtreme
Gradient
Boosting
(XGB)
Random
Forests
(RF).
proposed
was
able
improve
mean
continuous
ranked
probability
score
by
16–29%
over
standalone
HM.
Since
XGB
RF
demonstrated
best
performance,
they
are
recommended
simulating
residuals.