Doctoral thesisComputer ScienceUniversity of Alicante2025

Modelado espacio-temporal con redes neuronales para la predicción de fenómenos ambientales

Spatiotemporal modelling with neural networks for forecasting environmental phenomena.

AuthorMarc Semper Lloret
SupervisorsManuel Curado Navarro
Jose Francisco Vicent Francés
Defended11 December 2025
ProgrammePhD in Computer Science

Research scope

Learning the dynamics of environmental systems.

The thesis investigates neural approaches to environmental forecasting when observations are distributed across space and evolve through time. Its central applications include air-quality networks, atmospheric aerosols, greenhouse-gas concentrations and urban noise.

Graph representations provide a natural way to connect monitoring stations, cities or global observation points. Temporal models then learn how the corresponding signals change at different horizons and scales.

The resulting research programme links model architecture with the quality of observational data and the reliability of the decisions made after training.

Core themes

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Spatial structure

Sensor relationships represented as graphs, from urban monitoring networks to global environmental grids.

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Temporal dynamics

Recurrent, convolutional and multi-scale mechanisms for short- and long-range environmental behaviour.

03

Environmental context

Integration of pollutant, meteorological, geographical, satellite and contextual variables.

04

Reliable evaluation

Analysis of how data imperfections and evaluation references affect model comparison and deployment choice.

Related outputs

Research from the thesis.

Selected peer-reviewed outputs connected to its environmental and methodological themes.

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