GA-optimized neural network for forecasting the geomagnetic storm index

A method that combines an artificial neural network and a genetic algorithm (ANN+GA) was developed in order to forecast the disturbance storm time (Dst) index. This technique involves optimizing the ANN by GA to update the ANN weights and to forecast the short-term Dst index from 1 to 6 hours in adv...

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Autores: Vega-Jorquera, Pedro, Lazzús, Juan A., Rojas, Pedro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Geofísica Internacional
Idioma:español
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OAI Identifier:oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/78
Acceso en línea:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/78
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Palabra clave:Índice Dst, Pronóstico
Tormenta geomagnética
Serie temporal
Red neuronal artificial
Algoritmo genético
Dst index, Forecast
Geomagnetic storm
Time series
Artificial neural network
Genetic algorithm
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Sumario:A method that combines an artificial neural network and a genetic algorithm (ANN+GA) was developed in order to forecast the disturbance storm time (Dst) index. This technique involves optimizing the ANN by GA to update the ANN weights and to forecast the short-term Dst index from 1 to 6 hours in advance by using the time series values of the Dst and auroral electrojet (AE) indices. The database used contains 233,760 hourly geomagnetic indices data from 00 UT on 01 January 1990 to 23 UT on 31 August 2016. Different topologies of ANN were analyzed and the optimum architecture was selected. It emerged that the proposed ANN+GA method can be properly trained for forecasting Dst (t+1 to t+6) with good accuracy (with root mean square errors RMSE ≤ 10nT and correlation coefficients R ≥ 0.9), and that the utilized geomagnetic indices significantly affect the good training and predicting capabilities of the chosen network. The results show a good agreement between the measured and modeled Dst variations in both the main and recovery phases of a geomagnetic storm.