Title :
Monsoon rainfall forecasting in Sri Lanka using artificial neural networks
Author :
Nagahamulla, Harshani R K ; Ratnayake, Uditha R. ; Ratnaweera, Asanga
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Wayamba Univ. of Sri Lanka, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka
Abstract :
Rainfall is a complex process and forecasting rainfall is complicated because it involves a lot of parameters but precise rainfall forecasting is necessary for many human activities. Even though considerable research work has been done in rainfall prediction, comparatively fewer efforts have been made on Sri Lankan monsoon rainfall prediction using large scale climatic teleconnections. In this paper, results of a study in investigating the appropriateness of artificial neural networks in forecasting monsoon rainfall in Sri Lanka using large scale climate teleconnections is presented.
Keywords :
geophysics computing; neural nets; weather forecasting; Sri Lanka; artificial neural networks; large scale climatic teleconnections; monsoon rainfall forecasting; rainfall prediction; Artificial neural networks; Forecasting; Ocean temperature; Predictive models; Rain; Artificial neural network; back propagation algorithm; large scale climatic teleconnections; rainfall forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2011 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kandy
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0032-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICIINFS.2011.6038085
