Modeling meteorological drought across scales with regional and global climate indicators
摘要
Accurate and timely drought forecasting is crucial for sustainable water resource management and effective agricultural planning, especially in regions prone to water stress. This study introduces a novel Hybrid Convolutional Bi-Kernel Ensemble (HCBKE) model, which synergistically integrates convolutional neural networks (CNN), bidirectional long- and short-term memory (BiLSTM), and kernel-based k-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) for multiscale drought prediction using the standardized precipitation index (SPI) at timescales of 3, 6, and 12 months. The model has been evaluated using data from six meteorological stations in Ankara province, Turkey (1971-2022), incorporating local climate indices and global teleconnection patterns (NAO, ENSO, MOI). Comparative results demonstrate that HCBKE consistently outperforms traditional and deep learning models. It achieved a maximum