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Forecasting of Extreme Storm Tide Events Using NARX Neural Network-Based Models

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ATMOSPHERE
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/atmos12040512

Keywords

extreme events; tide forecasting; artificial neural network; NARX; Venice Lagoon

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Extreme values of high tides are influenced by various factors, prompting the development of a system in Venice to protect the city from flooding caused by the highest tides. Previous research has successfully predicted these extreme values using NARX neural networks, with two distinct models demonstrating high accuracy.
The extreme values of high tides are generally caused by a combination of astronomical and meteorological causes, as well as by the conformation of the sea basin. One place where the extreme values of the tide have a considerable practical interest is the city of Venice. The MOSE (MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico) system was created to protect Venice from flooding caused by the highest tides. Proper operation of the protection system requires an adequate forecast model of the highest tides, which is able to provide reliable forecasts even some days in advance. Nonlinear Autoregressive Exogenous (NARX) neural networks are particularly effective in predicting time series of hydrological quantities. In this work, the effectiveness of two distinct NARX-based models was demonstrated in predicting the extreme values of high tides in Venice. The first model requires as input values the astronomical tide, barometric pressure, wind speed, and direction, as well as previously observed sea level values. The second model instead takes, as input values, the astronomical tide and the previously observed sea level values, which implicitly take into account the weather conditions. Both models proved capable of predicting the extreme values of high tides with great accuracy, even greater than that of the models currently used.

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