Spatial structure
Sensor relationships represented as graphs, from urban monitoring networks to global environmental grids.
Spatiotemporal modelling with neural networks for forecasting environmental phenomena.
Research scope
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
Sensor relationships represented as graphs, from urban monitoring networks to global environmental grids.
Recurrent, convolutional and multi-scale mechanisms for short- and long-range environmental behaviour.
Integration of pollutant, meteorological, geographical, satellite and contextual variables.
Analysis of how data imperfections and evaluation references affect model comparison and deployment choice.
Related outputs
Selected peer-reviewed outputs connected to its environmental and methodological themes.
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 23, no. 1, article 69, 2026
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 23, no. 1, article 63, 2026
Applied Sciences, vol. 15, no. 10, article 5576, 2025
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 371, article 122922, 2024
Institutional record
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