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<journal-id>0187-6236</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Atmósfera]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Atmósfera]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-6236</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-62362025000100005</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20937/atm.53396</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Performance evaluation of random forest and boosted tree in rainfall-runoff process modeling for sub-basins of Lake Urmia]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Bigdeli]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Zeinab]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Majnooni-Heris]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Abolfazl]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Delirhasannia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Reza]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Karimi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sepideh]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Tabriz Department of Water Engineering ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[East Azerbaijan Province ]]></addr-line>
<country>Iran</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-62362025000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-62362025000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-62362025000100005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT This study aimed to develop rainfall-runoff (P-Q) modeling using machine learning models in the sub-basins of Lake Urmia, Iran. In this research, chronological records of hydrological parameters and meteorological inputs at a regional scale were analyzed using Random Forest (RF) and Boosted Tree (BT) heuristic methods. This study compared the performance of these two models for the Urmia Basin over the period from 1976 to 2019. The results showed that the RF model provided better estimates in Akhula, Daryan, and Ghermez Gol stations in the eastern sub-basin and Miandoab, Pole Ozbak, Abajalu Sofla, Nezam Abad, and Pole Bahramlu stations in the western sub-basin. In contrast, the BT model performed better at Pole Senikh, Shishvan, Gheshlagh Amir, Shirin Kandi, and Khormazard stations in the eastern sub-basin and Babarud, Keshtiban, and Yalghoz Aghaj stations in the western sub-basin. Additionally, the time series analysis showed changes in yearly rainfall frequency and a decreasing trend in flow discharge in most years. These findings highlight a significant reduction in inflow to Lake Urmia over the past 43 years, with a particularly sharp decline in recent years.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Este estudio tuvo como objetivo desarrollar modelos de lluvia-escorrentía (P-Q) utilizando modelos de aprendizaje automático en las subcuencas del lago Urmia, Irán. En esta investigación se analizaron registros cronológicos de parámetros hidrológicos y datos meteorológicos a escala regional utilizando métodos heurísticos de bosque aleatorio (RF) y árbol potenciado (BT). Este estudio comparó el desempeño de estos dos modelos para la cuenca del Urmia durante el período 1976-2019. Los resultados mostraron que el modelo RF proporcionó mejores estimaciones en las estaciones de Akhula, Daryan y Ghermez Gol en la subcuenca oriental, y en las estaciones de Miandoab, Pole ozbak, Abajalu Sofla, Nezam Abad y Pole Bahramlu en la subcuenca occidental. En cambio, el modelo BT tuvo un mejor desempeño en las estaciones Pole Senikh, Shishvan, Gheshlagh Amir, Shirin Kandi y Khormazard en la subcuenca oriental y en las estaciones Babarud, Keshtiban y Yalghoz Aghaj en la subcuenca occidental. Además, el análisis de series temporales mostró cambios en la frecuencia anual de precipitaciones y una tendencia decreciente en el caudal en la mayoría de los años. Estos hallazgos destacan una reducción significativa en el caudal de entrada al lago Urmia en los últimos 43 años, con una disminución particularmente pronunciada en los últimos años.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Boosted Tree]]></kwd>
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