Abstract.
Foehn
has
an
impact
on
various
climatological
variables
like
temperature
and
humidity
in
the
highly
populated
valleys
of
western
Austria.
With
increasing
global
warming,
question
arises
as
to
how
well
climate
projections
are
able
produce
conditions
for
foehn
their
occurrence
changes
with
change.
This
study
uses
six
XGBoost
models
classify
south
EURO-CORDEX
CMIP5
generation
two
spatial
extents
(localised
widespread)
three
regions
Vorarlberg,
Tiroler
Oberland
Unterland
Austria,
located
Eastern
Alps.
For
each
region,
a
model
distinguishing
from
no
one
distinguish
event's
extent
is
trained.
Several
meteorological
inputs
pressure
levels
ERA5
reanalysis
combination
training
data
derived
semi-automated
weather
station
Objective
Classification
used
process.
Weights
individual
by
analysing
performance
ability
considering
independence
other.
The
hereby
evaluated
biases
annual
occurrence,
seasonal
accuracy
inter-annual
variability
comparison
data.The
confirm
other
studies
showing
that
selected
behave
differently
portion
widespread
events.
Bias
analysis
shows
pronounced
negative
bias
driven
general
circulation
ICHEC-EC-EARTH
or
MOHC-HadGEM2-ES.
perform
similar
capturing
foehn's
seasonality,
but
vary
reproducing
historical
period.
A
weighted
trend
future
behaviour
21st
century
slight
decrease
frequency
under
warming
Tirol
increase
events
all
regions,
most
Vorarlberg
at
strongest
warming.
Further,
shift
seasonality
can
be
observed
higher
spring
months
lower
July
October,
also
depending
change
signal.
Journal of Environmental Management,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
380, P. 124972 - 124972
Published: March 23, 2025
The
Mahananda
River
basin,
located
in
Eastern
India,
faces
escalating
flood
risks
due
to
its
complex
hydrology
and
geomorphology,
threatening
socioeconomic
environmental
stability.
This
study
presents
a
novel
approach
susceptibility
(FS)
mapping
updates
the
region's
inventory.
Multitemporal
Sentinel-1
(S1)
SAR
images
(2020-2022)
were
processed
using
U-Net
transfer
learning
model
generate
water
body
frequency
map,
which
was
integrated
with
Global
Flood
Dataset
(2000-2018)
refined
through
grid-based
classification
create
an
updated
Eleven
geospatial
layers,
including
elevation,
slope,
soil
moisture,
precipitation,
type,
NDVI,
Land
Use
Cover
(LULC),
wind
speed,
drainage
density,
runoff,
used
as
conditioning
factors
(FCFs)
develop
hybrid
FS
approach.
integrates
Fuzzy
Analytic
Hierarchy
Process
(FuzzyAHP)
six
machine
(ML)
algorithms
models
FuzzyAHP-RF,
FuzzyAHP-XGB,
FuzzyAHP-GBM,
FuzzyAHP-avNNet,
FuzzyAHP-AdaBoost,
FuzzyAHP-PLS.
Future
trends
(1990-2030)
projected
CMIP6
data
under
SSP2-4.5
SSP5-8.5
scenarios
MIROC6
EC-Earth3
ensembles.
SHAP
algorithm
identified
LULC,
type
most
influential
FCFs,
contributing
over
60
%
susceptibility.
Results
show
that
31.10
of
basin
is
highly
susceptible
flooding,
western
regions
at
greatest
risk
low
elevation
high
density.
projections
indicate
30.69
area
will
remain
vulnerable,
slight
increase
SSP5-8.5.
Among
models,
FuzzyAHP-XGB
achieved
highest
accuracy
(AUC
=
0.970),
outperforming
FuzzyAHP-GBM
0.968)
FuzzyAHP-RF
0.965).
experimental
results
showed
proposed
can
provide
spatially
well-distributed
inventory
derived
from
freely
available
remote
sensing
(RS)
datasets
robust
framework
for
long-term
assessment
ML
techniques.
These
findings
offer
critical
insights
improving
management
mitigation
strategies
basin.
Toxics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 278 - 278
Published: April 5, 2025
To
assess
and
predict
the
Nansi
Lake
soil
pollution
risk,
we
evaluate
environmental
quality
in
region
using
machine
learning
techniques,
combined
with
SHapley
Additive
exPlanations
(SHAP)
model
for
interpretability.
The
primary
objective
was
to
level
of
caused
by
heavy
metals,
incorporating
traditional
Pollution
Load
Index
(PLI)
Potential
Ecological
Risk
(PERI)
methods.
Through
integration
statistical
characteristics,
PLI,
PERI
evaluations,
a
new
assessment
method
created,
categorizing
into
“Class0—no
risk”,
“Class1—low
“Class2—high
risk”.
Various
models,
including
Support
Vector
Machine
(SVM),
Decision
Tree
Classifier
(DT),
Random
Forest
(RF),
XGBoost,
were
employed
based
on
these
indices.
XGBoost
demonstrated
highest
accuracy,
achieving
prediction
accuracy
93%.
SHAP
analysis
further
applied
explain
determined
that
accumulation
key
pollutants
such
as
cadmium
(Cd)
mercury
(Hg)
may
significantly
produce
targeted
management
needs
be
developed
features.
Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(10), P. 3934 - 3934
Published: May 8, 2024
The
incidence
of
floods
is
rapidly
increasing
globally,
causing
significant
property
damage
and
human
losses.
Moreover,
Vietnam
ranks
as
one
the
top
five
countries
most
severely
affected
by
climate
change,
with
1/3
residents
facing
flood
risks.
This
study
presents
a
model
to
identify
susceptibility
using
analytic
hierarchy
process
(AHP)
in
GIS
environment
for
Hanoi,
Vietnam.
Nine
flood-conditioning
factors
were
selected
used
initial
data.
AHP
analysis
was
utilized
determine
priority
levels
these
concerning
assess
consistency
obtained
results
develop
flood-susceptibility
map.
performance
found
be
based
on
AUC
value
receiver
operating
characteristic
(ROC)
curve.
map
has
susceptibility:
area
very
high
flooding
accounts
less
than
1%
map,
high-
areas
nearly
11%,
moderate-susceptibility
more
65%,
low-
about
22%,
low-susceptibility
2%.
Most
Hanoi
moderate
level
susceptibility,
which
expected
increase
urban
expansion
due
impacts
urbanization.
Our
findings
will
valuable
future
research
involving
planners,
disaster
management
authorities
enable
them
make
informed
decisions
aimed
at
reducing
impact
enhancing
resilience
communities.
GeoHazards,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
5(2), P. 485 - 503
Published: May 28, 2024
Sentinel-2
data
are
crucial
in
mapping
flooded
areas
as
they
provide
high
spatial
and
spectral
resolution
but
under
cloud-free
weather
conditions.
In
the
present
study,
we
aimed
to
devise
a
method
for
area
using
multispectral
from
optical
sensors
Geographical
Information
Systems
(GISs).
As
case
selected
site
located
Northern
Italy
that
was
heavily
affected
by
flooding
events
on
3
October
2020,
when
Sesia
River
Piedmont
region
hit
severe
disturbance,
heavy
rainfall,
strong
winds.
The
developed
thresholding
technique
through
water
indices.
More
specifically,
Normalized
Difference
Water
Index
(NDWI)
Modified
(MNDWI)
were
chosen
among
most
widely
used
methods
with
applications
across
various
environments,
including
urban,
agricultural,
natural
landscapes.
corresponding
product
Copernicus
Emergency
Management
Service
(EMS)
evaluate
predicted
our
method.
results
showed
both
indices
captured
satisfactory
level
of
detail.
NDWI
demonstrated
slightly
higher
accuracy,
where
it
also
appeared
be
more
sensitive
separation
soil
vegetation
cover.
study
findings
may
useful
disaster
management
linked
flooded-area
rehabilitation
following
flood
event,
can
valuably
assist
decision
policy
making
towards
sustainable
environment.
Water,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(21), P. 3092 - 3092
Published: Oct. 29, 2024
Predicting
flood
events
is
complex
due
to
uncertainties
from
limited
gauge
data,
high
data
and
computational
demands
of
traditional
physical
models,
challenges
in
spatial
temporal
scaling.
This
research
innovatively
uses
only
three
remotely
sensed
computed
factors:
rainfall,
runoff
temperature.
We
also
employ
deep
learning
models—Feedforward
Neural
Network
(FNN),
Convolutional
(CNN),
Long
Short-Term
Memory
(LSTM)—along
with
a
neural
network
ensemble
(DNNE)
using
synthetic
predict
future
probabilities,
utilizing
the
Savitzky–Golay
filter
for
smoothing.
Using
hydrometeorological
dataset
1993–2022
Nile
River
basin,
six
predictors
were
derived.
The
FNN
LSTM
models
exhibited
accuracy
stable
loss,
indicating
minimal
overfitting,
while
CNN
showed
slight
overfitting.
Performance
metrics
revealed
that
achieved
99.63%
0.999886
ROC
AUC,
had
95.42%
0.893218
excelled
99.82%
0.999967
AUC.
DNNE
outperformed
individual
reliability
consistency.
Runoff
rainfall
most
influential
predictors,
temperature
impact.