2021 China Automation Congress (CAC),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 7122 - 7127
Published: Nov. 17, 2023
Long-term
temperature
prediction
plays
a
pivotal
role
in
agricultural
production.
While
existing
research
has
predominantly
focused
on
short-term
forecasts,
this
study
delves
into
the
realm
of
long-term
predictions.
Leveraging
power
Informer
model,
work
successfully
predicted
for
upcoming
month
Shihezi
region
Xinjiang,
China,
yielding
highly
satisfactory
results
with
mean
absolute
error
(MAE)
3.33
prediction.
Moreover,
through
empirical
analysis,
we
showcase
practical
applications
these
outcomes
agriculture.
This
not
only
assesses
need
forecasting
cold
damage
coming
year
but
also
provides
guidance
production
based
future
trends,
underscoring
potential
value
findings.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: March 12, 2024
Abstract
This
study
aims
to
quantify
meteorological–hydrological
drought
propagations
and
examine
the
potential
impacts
by
climatic
variability,
LULC
change
(LULC),
human
regulations.
An
integrated
observation-modeling
framework
quantifies
propagation
intervals
assesses
mechanisms
influencing
hydrological
droughts.
Meteorological
droughts
are
characterized
using
Standardized
Precipitation
Evapotranspiration
Index
(SPEI),
assessed
through
Streamflow
(SSI)
across
diverse
zones.
Cross-correlation
analysis
between
SPEI
SSI
time
series
identifies
lag
associated
with
highest
correlation
as
interval.
Mechanisms
investigated
via
a
coupled
empirical-process
modeling
incorporating
Soil
Water
Assessment
Tool
(SWAT).
Discrepancies
simulated
observed
help
extent
of
regulation
on
characteristics
propagation.
The
Yellow
River
Basin
(YRB),
divided
into
six
subzones
based
climate
characteristics,
is
selected
case
study.
Key
findings
include:
(1)
were
extremely
severe
most
YRB
during
1990s,
while
2000s
showed
some
mitigation
primarily
due
precipitation
increases.
(2)
Hydrological
times
from
meteorology
hydrology
demonstrated
substantial
spatiotemporal
variability.
In
general,
summer
shorter
than
other
seasons.
(3)
Propagation
in
arid
regions
cropland
or
built-up
land
cover
versus
grassland
woodland,
reverse
held
for
humid
regions.
(4)
Human
regulations
prolonged
times,
likely
reservoir
designed
overcome
water
deficits.
While
focus
this
paper,
methodologies
applicable
worldwide
enhance
forecasting
resource
management.
various
contexts
worldwide.
Land,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(1), P. 126 - 126
Published: Jan. 9, 2025
As
droughts
become
more
frequent
due
to
climate
change
and
shifts
in
land
use,
enhancing
the
accuracy
of
drought
prediction
is
becoming
crucial
for
informed
water
resource
management.
This
study
employed
Informer
model
forecast
conducted
a
comparative
analysis
with
Autoregressive
Integrated
Moving
Average
(ARIMA),
long
short-term
memory
(LSTM),
Convolutional
Neural
Network
(CNN)
models.
The
findings
indicate
that
outperforms
other
three
models
terms
forecasting
across
all
time
scales.
Nevertheless,
predictive
capacity
remains
suboptimal
when
it
comes
intervals.
Aiming
at
problem
short
scale,
this
proposed
named
VMD-JAYA-Informer
based
on
Variational
Mode
Decomposition
(VMD)
JAVA
optimization
algorithm
improve
model.
VMD-JAYA-ARIMA,
VMD-JAYA-LSTM,
VMD-JAYA-CNN,
performance
these
was
evaluated
using
root
mean
square
error
(RMSE),
Nash–Sutcliffe
efficiency
coefficient
(NSE),
Mean
Absolute
Error
(MAE).
model’s
1-month
SPEI
significantly
surpasses
alternative
demonstrates
robust
agreement
actual
data.
Simultaneously,
exhibits
equally
optimal
different
In
order
validate
model,
four
meteorological
stations
Songliao
River
Basin
were
chosen
random.
validation
results
demonstrate
scale
(NSE
values
0.8663,
0.8765,
0.8822,
0.8416,
respectively).
Additionally,
scales,
further
demonstrating
its
generalizability
excellence
shorter
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Feb. 14, 2025
Predicting
runoff
with
precision
holds
immense
importance
for
flood
control,
water
resource
management,
and
basin
ecological
dispatch.
Deep
learning,
especially
long
short-term
memory
(LSTM)
neural
networks,
has
excelled
in
prediction,
often
outperforming
traditional
hydrological
models.
Recent
studies
suggest
that
deep
learning
models
employing
the
self-attention
mechanism,
such
as
Transformer
Informer,
can
achieve
even
better
results
than
LSTM.
However,
research
exploring
multi-step
prediction
capabilities
of
these
novel
across
diverse
scenarios
remains
scarce.
In
this
investigation,
we
introduce
a
relative
location
coding-enhanced
Informer
model,
termed
Rel-Informer,
compare
its
performance
rainfall-runoff
against
standard
Transformer,
LSTM
The
publicly
available
CAMELS
dataset
is
utilized
training
validating
models,
four
experiments
are
designed:
(1)
Individual
modeling
(one
model
per
catchment);
(2)
Regional
region);
(3)
Fine-tuned
regional
(fine-tuned
from
Experiment
2);
(4)
Large-scale
ungauged
catchments
all
catchments).
findings
reveal
Rel-Informer
consistently
performs
other
particularly
predictions
(1–3
days
ahead).
Although
less
precise
individual
modeling,
it
significantly
benefits
fine-tuning.
large-scale
effectively
predicts
catchments,
showcasing
potential
widespread
prediction.
This
study
underscores
influence
characteristics,
snowmelt
baseflow
indices,
on
accuracy.
conclusion,
enhanced
improved
position
encoding,
emerges
promising
tool
forecasting,
data-rich
catchments.
PLoS ONE,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
20(3), P. e0319678 - e0319678
Published: March 18, 2025
Drought
is
a
climate
risk
that
affects
access
to
safe
water,
crop
development,
ecological
stability,
and
food
production.
Therefore,
developing
drought
prediction
methods
can
lead
better
management
of
surface
groundwater
resources.
Similarly,
machine
learning
be
used
find
improved
relationships
between
nonlinear
variables
in
complex
systems.
Initially,
the
standardized
precipitation
evapotranspiration
index
(SPEI)
was
calculated,
then
using
large–scale
signals
such
as
(the
North
Atlantic
Oscillation,
Arctic
Pacific
Decadal
Southern
Oscillation
Index),
along
with
climatic
including
temperature,
precipitation,
potential
evapotranspiration,
predictions
were
made
for
period
1966–2014.
Several
new
models
Least
Square
Support
Vector
Regression
(LSSVR),
Group
Method
Data
Handling
(GMDH),
Multivariate
Adaptive
Splines
(MARS)
prediction.
The
results
showed
estimating
SPEI
moderately
arid
climates,
GMDH
model
criteria
(RMSE
=
0.26,
MAE
0.17,
NSE
0.95
validation)
under
scenario
S1
(included
all
plus
previous
month)
performed
better,
while
cold
LSSVR
0.22,
0.18,
S1,
hot
climate,
0.29,
0.19,
0.93
S2
meteorological
had
higher
accuracy.
Although
MARS
less
accurate
validation,
it
accuracy
during
calibration
compared
other
two
climates.
predicting
beneficial.
It
concluded
are
useful
tools
different
climates
within
similar
ranges.
Agriculture,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(9), P. 933 - 933
Published: April 25, 2025
Daily
reference
crop
evapotranspiration
(ET0)
is
crucial
for
precision
irrigation
management,
yet
traditional
prediction
methods
struggle
to
capture
its
dynamic
variations
due
the
complexity
and
nonlinearity
of
meteorological
conditions.
To
address
this,
we
propose
an
Improved
Informer
model
enhance
ET0
accuracy,
providing
a
scientific
basis
agricultural
water
management.
Using
soil
data
from
Yingde
region,
employed
Maximal
Information
Coefficient
(MIC)
identify
key
influencing
factors
integrated
Residual
Cycle
Forecasting
(RCF),
Star
Aggregate
Redistribute
(STAR),
Fully
Adaptive
Normalization
(FAN)
techniques
into
model.
MIC
analysis
identified
total
shortwave
radiation,
sunshine
duration,
maximum
temperature
at
2
m,
28–100
cm
depth,
surface
pressure
as
optimal
features.
Under
five-feature
scenario
(S3),
improved
achieved
superior
performance
compared
Long
Short-Term
Memory
(LSTM)
original
models,
with
MAE
reduced
0.065
(LSTM:
0.637,
Informer:
0.171)
MSE
0.007
0.678,
0.060).
The
inference
time
was
also
by
31%,
highlighting
enhanced
computational
efficiency.
effectively
captures
periodic
nonlinear
characteristics
ET0,
offering
novel
solution
management
significant
practical
implications.
Water,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(20), P. 2882 - 2882
Published: Oct. 10, 2024
Recent
studies
have
shown
the
potential
of
transformer-based
neural
networks
in
increasing
prediction
capacity.
However,
classical
transformers
present
several
problems
such
as
computational
time
complexity
and
high
memory
requirements,
which
make
Long
Sequence
Time-Series
Forecasting
(LSTF)
challenging.
The
contribution
to
series
flood
events
using
deep
learning
techniques
is
examined,
with
a
particular
focus
on
evaluating
performance
Informer
model
(a
implementation
transformer
architecture),
attempts
address
previous
issues.
predictive
capabilities
are
explored
compared
statistical
methods,
stochastic
models
traditional
networks.
accuracy,
efficiency
well
limits
approaches
demonstrated
via
numerical
benchmarks
relating
real
river
streamflow
applications.
Using
daily
flow
data
from
River
Test
England
main
case
study,
we
conduct
rigorous
evaluation
efficacy
capturing
complex
temporal
dependencies
inherent
series.
analysis
extended
encompass
diverse
datasets
various
locations
(>100)
United
Kingdom,
providing
insights
into
generalizability
Informer.
results
highlight
superiority
over
established
forecasting
especially
regarding
LSTF
problem.
For
forecast
horizon
168
days,
achieves
an
NSE
0.8
maintains
MAPE
below
10%,
while
second-best
(LSTM)
only
−0.63
25%,
respectively.
Furthermore,
it
observed
that
dependence
structure
series,
expressed
by
climacogram,
affects
network.