SOFTWARE TO ESTIMATE RAINFALL EROSIVITY IN ESPÍRITO SANTO STATE

This study reports development of a software capable of applying Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to estimate mean monthly and annual rain erosivity (R) in Espírito Santo State. Considering that the monthly value of the R is obtained by summing the monthly erosivity indexes EI30 or KE > 25, and...

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Autores: Moreira, Michel Castro, Cecílio, Roberto Avelino, Pezzopane, José Eduardo Macedo, Pruski, Fernando Falco, Fukunaga, Danilo Costa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
Repositorio:Engenharia na Agricultura
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufv.br:article/284
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufv.br/reveng/article/view/284
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:equação universal de perda de solo
Interpolação espacial
Manejo de bacias hidrográficas
Redes neurais artificiais
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Sumario:This study reports development of a software capable of applying Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to estimate mean monthly and annual rain erosivity (R) in Espírito Santo State. Considering that the monthly value of the R is obtained by summing the monthly erosivity indexes EI30 or KE > 25, and that there are two methods to obtain the rain kinetic energy, 4 ANNs were used for each month totaling 48 ANNs. It was necessary to know the respective architectures, neuron activation functions and the free parameters w’s and b’s to generate the mathematical functions representing ANNs. ANNs were implemented using the software Borland Delphi 7.0. This software (netErosividade ES) permits fast and easy prediction of monthly and annual R factor for any locality of Espírito Santo state.