Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Self-organizing maps of typhoon tracks allow for flood forecasts up to two days in advance

  • Li-Chiu Chang,
  • Fi-John Chang,
  • Shun-Nien Yang,
  • Fong-He Tsai,
  • Ting-Hua Chang,
  • Edwin E. Herricks

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15734-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Tropical cyclones can cause severe flooding when making landfall, but these water flows can often only be forecasted a few hours before. Here, the authors present a new approach using self-organizing maps and flow characteristic curves to predict tropical cyclone related runoff up to two days in advance.