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Predicting the reference evapotranspiration based on tensor decomposition

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Most of the available models for reference evapotranspiration (ET0) estimation are based upon only an empirical equation for ET0. Thus, one of the main issues in ET0 estimation is the appropriate integration of time information and different empirical ET0 equations to determine ET0 and boost the precision. The FAO-56 Penman–Monteith, adjusted Hargreaves, Blaney–Criddle, Priestley–Taylor, and Jensen–Haise equations were utilized in this study for estimating ET0 for two stations of Belgrade and Nis in Serbia using collected data for the period of 1980 to 2010. Three-order tensor is used to capture three-way correlations among months, years, and ET0 information. Afterward, the latent correlations among ET0 parameters were found by the multiway analysis to enhance the quality of the prediction. The suggested method is valuable as it takes into account simultaneous relations between elements, boosts the prediction precision, and determines latent associations. Models are compared with respect to coefficient of determination (R 2), mean absolute error (MAE), and root-mean-square error (RMSE). The proposed tensor approach has a R 2 value of greater than 0.9 for all selected ET0 methods at both selected stations, which is acceptable for the ET0 prediction. RMSE is ranged between 0.247 and 0.485 mm day−1 at Nis station and between 0.277 and 0.451 mm day−1 at Belgrade station, while MAE is between 0.140 and 0.337 mm day−1 at Nis and between 0.208 and 0.360 mm day−1 at Belgrade station. The best performances are achieved by Priestley–Taylor model at Nis station (R 2 = 0.985, MAE = 0.140 mm day−1, RMSE = 0.247 mm day−1) and FAO-56 Penman–Monteith model at Belgrade station (MAE = 0.208 mm day−1, RMSE = 0.277 mm day−1, R 2 = 0.975).

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Acknowledgments

The study was supported by ICT COST Action IC1408 Computationally-intensive methods for the robust analysis of non-standard data (CRoNoS) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia (Grant No. TR37003).

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  1. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

    Negin Misaghian

  2. Department of Computer System and Information technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Shahaboddin Shamshirband

  3. Teacher-Training Faculty, University of Niš, Partizanska 14, 17500, Vranje, Serbia

    Dalibor Petković

  4. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Niš, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, Nis, 18000, Serbia

    Milan Gocic

  5. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

    Kasra Mohammadi

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Misaghian, N., Shamshirband, S., Petković, D. et al. Predicting the reference evapotranspiration based on tensor decomposition. Theor Appl Climatol 130, 1099–1109 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1943-2

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