Analysis of AI-based techniques for forecasting water level according to rainfall

Water level forecasting according to rainfall is important for water resource management and disaster prevention. Existing hydrological analysis is accompanied by difficulties in water level forecasting analysis such as topographic data and model parameter optimization of the area. Recently, with the improvement of AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology, a research using AI technology in the water resource field is being conducted.

In this research, water level forecasting was performed using an AI-based technique that can capture the relationship between data. As the watershed for the study, the Seolmacheon catchment which has the rich historical hydrological data, was selected. SVM (Support Vector Machine) and a gradient boosting technique were used for AI machine learning. For AI deep learning, water level forecasting was performed using a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network among Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) used for time series analysis.

The correlation coefficient and NSE (Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency), which are mainly used forhydrological analysis, were used as performance indicators. As a result of the analysis, all three techniques performed excellently in water level forecasting. Among them, the LSTM network showed higher performance as the correction period using historical data increased.

When there is a concern about an emergency disaster such as torrential rainfall in Korea, water level forecasting requires quick judgment. It is thought that the above requirements will be satisfied when an AI-based technique that can forecast water level using historical hydrology data is applied.