Very short-term solar ultraviolet-A radiation forecasting system with cloud cover images and a Bayesian optimized interpretable artificial intelligence model
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Article Title | Very short-term solar ultraviolet-A radiation forecasting system with cloud cover images and a Bayesian optimized interpretable artificial intelligence model |
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ERA Journal ID | 17852 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Prasad, Salvin Sanjesh, Deo, Ravinesh Chand, Downs, Nathan James, Casillas-Perez, David, Salcedo-sanz, Sancho and Parisi, Alfio Venerando |
Journal Title | Expert Systems with Applications |
Journal Citation | 236 |
Article Number | 121273 |
Number of Pages | 19 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0957-4174 |
1873-6793 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.121273 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095741742301775X |
Abstract | High-dose single exposures of long-wavelength ultraviolet-A (UV-A) radiation may trigger severe biological and skin tissue damage in humans and animals, as well as photosynthetic damage in plants. In humans, the highly abundant UV-A is also linked to an increased risk of skin cancer. This paper develops a new forecasting framework tailored for very short-term UV-A predictions using a Bayesian optimized ensemble Neural Basis Expansion Analysis for Interpretable Time Series (B-E-NBEATS) method, integrated with cloud cover predictors and the solar zenith angle. The design phase of the proposed model entails feature selection using an efficient neighborhood component analysis algorithm and hyperparameter tuning with a Bayesian optimizer. To further enhance the predictive performance and reliability, the B-E-NBEATS model is calibrated via uncertainty quantification by adopting an ensemble approach with single-point models trained on three key loss functions. The prescribed model generates interpretable forecasts of 20-minute ahead UV-A by empowering the ensemble members to learn seasonal and trend components in UV-A datasets. With respect to the four benchmark models, the statistical metrics and visual infographics of predicted and observed UV-A reveal a superior forecasting capability of the proposed B-E-NBEATS model. The model yields a comparatively high correlation coefficient of 0.910, 0.869, 0.933, and 0.900 for the spring, summer, autumn, and winter testing phases, respectively. The superior performance by the newly designed hybrid ensemble model ascertains its potential utility in UV-A monitoring and mitigating subsequent harmful exposure risk for the general public, and animal and plant life. |
Keywords | UV-A forecast; Cloud cover; Uncertainty quantification; N-BEATS model; Deep ensemble |
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Is part of | Solar ultraviolet radiation predictions under cloud cover effects with artificial intelligence approaches |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401703. Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical) |
Public Notes | This article is part of a UniSQ Thesis by publication. See Related Output. |
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Byline Affiliations | School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing |
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain | |
University of Alcala, Spain |
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