Abstract
This paper presents our winning entry for the EVA 2019 data competition, the aim of which is to predict Red Sea surface temperature extremes over space and time. To achieve this, we used a stochastic partial differential equation (Poisson equation) based method, improved through a regularization to penalize large magnitudes of solutions. This approach is shown to be successful according to the competition’s evaluation criterion, i.e. a threshold-weighted continuous ranked probability score. Our stochastic Poisson equation and its boundary conditions resolve the data’s non-stationarity naturally and effectively. Meanwhile, our numerical method is computationally efficient at dealing with the data’s high dimensionality, without any parameter estimation. It demonstrates the usefulness of stochastic differential equations on spatio-temporal predictions, including the extremes of the process.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 163-175 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Extremes |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- 35Q62
- 62H11
- 62M30
- 62P12
- Data competition
- EVA 2019 Conference
- Poisson equation
- Prediction
- Spatio-temporal data
- Temperature data