Synoptic Maps Forecast Using Spatio-temporal Models

摘要

The objective of this paper is to study several approaches to forecasting the temporal evolution of meteorological synoptic maps that carry information in visual form but without objects. Window-based descriptors are used in order to accomplish continuity so the prediction task is possible. Linear and non-linear models are applied for the prediction task, the first one being based on a spatio-temporal autoregressive (STAR) model whereas the second one is based on artificial neural networks. The method and obtained results are discussed.