The flood prediction tool is a new artificial intelligence system being designed by the University of Waikato to predict the impact of future flooding events in the Coromandel region.
Being developed as part of the TAIAO project, it will be one of only a handful of systems in operation in New Zealand using artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning to predict floods and the effects of flooding.
Although not the first of its kind, the key point of difference is the multiple data sources the system uses to make predictions that makes it unique. These sources have been provided by project partners such as MetService and MetOcean and the Waikato Regional Council and include rainfall measures, river water levels and rain gauge catchment data to make predictions. Data is fed into an AI Machine which learns by identifying patterns in historic events and using the information to predict future events.
The system is still in its development phase, and the future is exciting.
