In collaboration with Payame Noor University and the Iranian Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers

Document Type : Applied Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China

3 Master of Science, Department of Mathematics, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Considering the fact that Iran is situated in an arid and semi-arid region, rainfall prediction for the management of water resources is very important and necessary. Researchers have proposed various prediction methods that have been utilized in such areas as water and meteorology, especially water resources management. The present study aimed at predicting rainfall amounts using Grey Prediction Method. It is a novel approach in confrontation with uncertainties in the aquiferous region of Babolrud to serve for the water resources management purposes. Therefore, expressing the concepts of Grey Prediction Methods using the collected data, at a 12-year timeframe of 2006 and 2017, rainfall prediction in 2018 and 2022 were also implemented with three methods GM(1,1), DGM(2,1) and Verhulest models. According to the calculated error and the predictive power, GM(1,1) method is better than other models and was placed within the set of good predictions. Also, we predict that in 2027, there might be a drought. According to the small samples and calculations required in this approach, the method is suggested for rainfall prediction in inexact environments. The authors can use fuzzy grey systems to predict the amount of rainfall in uncertaint environments.

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