Machine Learning Could Be Used to Better Predict Floods

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.

As the frequency of extreme weather events rises in recent years, there is also a growing need for accurate and precise hydrological knowledge in order to anticipate catastrophic flooding. Hydrology—the study of the Earth’s water cycle—has played a big role in human civilization for thousands of years. However, in a recent paper, a team of researchers argue that hydrology’s outdated methodology is holding the …

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