ML4WX

Downscaling & super-resolution

Potential Predictability of Regional Precipitation and Discharge Extremes Using Synoptic-Scale Climate Information via Machine Learning: An Evaluation for the Eastern Continental United States

James O'Neil Knighton, Geoff Pleiss, Elizabeth K. Carter, Steve W. Lyon, M. Todd Walter, Scott Steinschneider

Journal of Hydrometeorology ·

Paper

In one sentence. Archetypal analysis plus a 2D CNN predicts eastern US regional precipitation and discharge extremes from synoptic-scale fields, with the most reliable skill from 300 hPa geopotential height.

Labels

Topic
Downscaling & super-resolution, Extremes & hazards, Climate analysis & attribution
Type
New model or method
Method
CNN / U-Net, Classical ML (trees, GP, linear, kernels)
Time scale
Climate projections / centennial
Domain
Regional
Data
Other
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1175/jhm-d-18-0196.1 OpenAlex:W2924604776
Added
2026-10-22

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