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This paper describes a new approach to the analysis of weather radar data for short-range rainfall forecasting based on a neural network model. This approach consists in extracting synthetic information from radar images using the approximation capabilities of multilayer neural networks. Each image in a sequence is approximated using a modified radial basis function network trained by a competitive mechanism. Prediction of the rain field evolution is performed by analysing and extrapolating the time series of weight values. This method has been compared to the conventional cross-correlation technique and the persistence method for three different rainfall events, showing significant improvement in 30 and 60 min ahead forecast accuracy.
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Denœux, T., Rizand, P. Analysis of radar images for rainfall forecasting using neural networks. Neural Comput & Applic 3, 50–61 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01414176
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01414176