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Extremes & hazards

Predictability of U.S. Regional Extreme Precipitation Occurrence Based on Large-Scale Meteorological Patterns (LSMPs)

Xiang Gao, Shray Mathur

Journal of Climate · · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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In one sentence. Compares CNNs with analogue methods for predicting US regional extreme precipitation from large-scale patterns, finding CNNs more skillful and integrated vapor transport the most predictive variable.

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Topic
Extremes & hazards
Type
Evaluation or intercomparison of existing models
Method
CNN / U-Net, Classical ML (trees, GP, linear, kernels)
Time scale
6 h–3 days
Domain
Regional
Data
ERA5 / reanalysis
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1175/jcli-d-21-0137.1 OpenAlex:W3165364839
Added
2026-10-22

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