Prediction of Turbidity in Beach Waves Using Nonlinear Autoregressive Neural Networks

Abstract

The principal focus of this paper is to develop a prediction model to predict the turbidity of beach waves. The prediction model is developed using a nonlinear autoregressive neural network model using three input parameters: water temperature, wave height, and wave period. The beach wave turbidity is predicted without installing any additional sensors. The performance of the developed model is evaluated on three beaches in Chicago Park’s district. The proposed model performance showed better tracking ability for all the three considered beaches. The R2 and mean square errors MSE also confirm the best prediction model’s performance for both training and testing.