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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-41-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-41-2025
Brief communication
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03 Jan 2025
Brief communication |  | 03 Jan 2025

Brief communication: Training of AI-based nowcasting models for rainfall early warning should take into account user requirements

Georgy Ayzel and Maik Heistermann

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Forecasting rainfall over the next hour is an essential feature of early warning systems. Deep learning (DL) has emerged as a powerful alternative to conventional nowcasting technologies, but it still struggles to adequately predict impact-relevant heavy rainfall. We think that DL could do much better if the training tasks were defined more specifically and that such specification presents an opportunity to better align the output of nowcasting models with actual user requirements.
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