Redefining multi-target weather forecasting with a novel deep learning model: Hierarchical temporal convolutional long short-term memory with attention (HTC-LSTM-Attn) in Bangladesh

Md Anamul Kabir; Chatak Chakma

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0342431

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Redefining multi-target weather forecasting with a novel deep learning model: Hierarchical temporal convolutional long short-term memory with attention (HTC-LSTM-Attn) in Bangladesh

Md Anamul Kabir ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Md Anamul Kabir, Chatak Chakma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: anamul.mehedi@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1715-7851

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Chatak Chakma

Contributed equally to this work with: Md Anamul Kabir, Chatak Chakma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh
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Redefining multi-target weather forecasting with a novel deep learning model: Hierarchical temporal convolutional long short-term memory with attention (HTC-LSTM-Attn) in Bangladesh

Md Anamul Kabir,
Chatak Chakma

Published: March 23, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0342431

About the Authors

Md Anamul Kabir

Contributed equally to this work with: Md Anamul Kabir, Chatak Chakma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: anamul.mehedi@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1715-7851

Chatak Chakma

Contributed equally to this work with: Md Anamul Kabir, Chatak Chakma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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