Research Article

Forecasting Different Types of Droughts Simultaneously Using Multivariate Standardized Precipitation Index (MSPI), MLP Neural Network, and Imperialistic Competitive Algorithm (ICA)

Table 1

Coordinates of the stations; descriptive statistics of the monthly precipitation time series; climate type based on the extended De-Martonne classification method [44].

StationLatitude (°)Longitude (°)Elevation (m)Mean (mm)St. Dev (mm)Min (mm)Max (mm)Skew.PeriodClimate

Hamedan+30.87+48.53+1741.525.0726.620.00186.101.431988–2017Semiarid very cold

Kermanshah+34.35+47.15+1318.634.2140.050.00295.401.631988–2017Semiarid cold