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@ARTICLE{RojasCampos:1037646,
author = {Rojas-Campos, Adrian and Langguth, Michael and Wittenbrink,
Martin and Pipa, Gordon},
title = {{D}eep learning models for generation of precipitation maps
based on numerical weather prediction},
journal = {Geoscientific model development},
volume = {16},
number = {5},
issn = {1991-959X},
address = {Katlenburg-Lindau},
publisher = {Copernicus},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-00811},
pages = {1467 - 1480},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Numerical weather prediction (NWP) models are atmospheric
simulations that imitate the dynamics of the atmosphere and
provide high-quality forecasts. One of the most significant
limitations of NWP is the elevated amount of computational
resources required for its functioning, which limits the
spatial and temporal resolution of the outputs. Traditional
meteorological techniques to increase the resolution are
uniquely based on information from a limited group of
interest variables. In this study, we offer an alternative
approach to the task where we generate precipitation maps
based on the complete set of variables of the NWP to
generate high-resolution and short-time precipitation
predictions. To achieve this, five different deep learning
models were trained and evaluated: a baseline, U-Net, two
deconvolution networks and one conditional generative model
(Conditional Generative Adversarial Network; CGAN). A total
of 20 independent random initializations were performed for
each of the models. The predictions were evaluated using
skill scores based on mean absolute error (MAE) and linear
error in probability space (LEPS), equitable threat score
(ETS), critical success index (CSI) and frequency bias after
applying several thresholds. The models showed a significant
improvement in predicting precipitation, showing the
benefits of including the complete information from the NWP.
The algorithms doubled the resolution of the predictions and
corrected an over-forecast bias from the input information.
However, some new models presented new types of bias: U-Net
tended to mid-range precipitation events, and the
deconvolution models favored low rain events and generated
some spatial smoothing. The CGAN offered the highest-quality
precipitation forecast, generating realistic outputs and
indicating possible future research paths.},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs
(SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511) / Earth System Data
Exploration (ESDE) / Verbundprojekt DeepRain: Effiziente
Lokale Niederschlagsvorhersage durch Maschinelles Lernen
(01IS18047A)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111 / G:(DE-Juel-1)ESDE /
G:(BMBF)01IS18047A},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000945377600001},
doi = {10.5194/gmd-16-1467-2023},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1037646},
}