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05 Nov 2021
Research article |
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Leveraging machine learning for quantitative precipitation estimation from Fengyun-4 geostationary observations and ground meteorological measurements
Xinyan Li
Collaborative Innovation Centre on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Yuanjian Yang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Collaborative Innovation Centre on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Jiaqin Mi
Collaborative Innovation Centre on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Xueyan Bi
Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological
Administration, Guangzhou, 510080, China
You Zhao
Collaborative Innovation Centre on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Zehao Huang
Collaborative Innovation Centre on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Chao Liu
Collaborative Innovation Centre on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Lian Zong
Collaborative Innovation Centre on Forecast and Evaluation of
Meteorological Disasters, Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Wanju Li
Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological
Administration, Guangzhou, 510080, China
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This paper proposes a method for evaluating canopy UHI intensity (CUHII) at high resolution by using remote sensing data and machine learning with a random forest (RF) model. The spatial distribution of CUHII was evaluated at 30 m resolution based on the output of the RF model. The present RF model framework for real-time monitoring and assessment of high-resolution CUHII provides scientific support for studying the changes and causes of CUHII.
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A random forest (RF) model framework for Fengyun-4A (FY-4A) daytime and nighttime quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) is established using FY-4A multi-band spectral information, cloud parameters, high-density precipitation observations and physical quantities from reanalysis data. The RF model of FY-4A QPE has a high accuracy in estimating precipitation at the heavy-rain level or below, which has advantages for quantitative estimation of summer precipitation over East Asia in future.
A random forest (RF) model framework for Fengyun-4A (FY-4A) daytime and nighttime quantitative...
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