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Ronny Berndtsson

Professor, Dep Director, MECW Dep Scientific Coordinator

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Phase-space reconstruction and self-exciting threshold models in lake level forecasting: a case study of the three largest lakes of Sweden

Author

  • Hakan Tongal
  • Ronny Berndtsson

Summary, in English

Lake water level forecasting is very important for an accurate and reliable management of local and regional water resources. In the present study two nonlinear approaches, namely phase-space reconstruction and self-exciting threshold autoregressive model (SETAR) were compared for lake water level forecasting. The modeling approaches were applied to high-quality lake water level time series of the three largest lakes in Sweden; Vänern, Vättern, and Mälaren. Phase-space reconstruction was applied by the k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) model. The k-NN model parameters were determined using autocorrelation, mutual information functions, and correlation integral. Jointly, these methods indicated chaotic behavior for all lake water levels. The correlation dimension found for the three lakes was 3.37, 3.97, and 4.44 for Vänern, Vättern, and Mälaren, respectively. As a comparison, the best SETAR models were selected using the Akaike Information Criterion. The best SETAR models in this respect were (10,4), (5,8), and (7,9) for Vänern, Vättern, and Mälaren, respectively. Both model approaches were evaluated with various performance criteria. Results showed that both modeling approaches are efficient in predicting lake water levels but the phase-space reconstruction (k-NN) is superior to the SETAR model.

Department/s

  • MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
  • Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
  • Division of Water Resources Engineering
  • LTH Profile Area: Water

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

955-971

Publication/Series

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volume

28

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences

Keywords

  • Chaos
  • Phase-space reconstruction
  • method
  • K-nearest neighbor (k-NN)
  • Self-exciting threshold autoregressive model (SETAR)

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1436-3240