ML4WX

Nowcasting

Using a 10-Year Radar Archive for Nowcasting Precipitation Growth and Decay: A Probabilistic Machine Learning Approach

Loris Foresti, Ioannis Vasileios Sideris, Daniele Nerini, Lea Beusch, Urs Germann

Weather and Forecasting · · ETH Zurich, MeteoSwiss

Paper

In one sentence. Neural networks and quantile trees nowcast precipitation growth and decay in Swiss Alps radar archive, with persistence inputs cutting RMSE by 20-30% in mountains.

Labels

Topic
Nowcasting, Probabilistic & ensemble forecasting
Type
New model or method
Method
Classical ML (trees, GP, linear, kernels)
Time scale
0–6 h
Domain
Regional
Data
Radar
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1175/waf-d-18-0206.1 OpenAlex:W2963511153
Added
2026-10-22

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