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In this research, two deep learning algorithms, namely, recurrent neural network (RNN) and long short-term memory neural network (LSTM), were used to build a high-precision weighted mean temperature model for China using their excellent time series memory capability. The model needs site location information and measured surface temperature to predict the weighted mean temperature. We used data from 118 stations in and around China provided by the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive from 2010 to 2015 to train the model and data from 2016 for model testing. The root mean square error (RMSE) of the RNN_Tm and LSTM_Tm models were 3.01 K and 2.89 K, respectively. Compared with the values calculated by the empirical GPT3 model, the accuracy was improved by 31.1% (RNN_Tm) and 33.9% (LSTM_Tm). In addition, we selected another 10 evenly distributed stations in China and used the constructed model to test the prediction capability of the weighted mean temperature from 2010 to 2016. The RMSE values were 2.95 K and 2.86 K, which proved that the model also exhibits high generalization in non-modeling sites in China. In general, the RNN_Tm and LSTM_Tm models have a good performance in weighted mean temperature prediction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13153004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,1]],"date-time":"2021-08-01T21:44:32Z","timestamp":1627854272000},"page":"3004","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["A Novel Modeling Strategy of Weighted Mean Temperature in China Using RNN and LSTM"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2891-0693","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wenliang","family":"Gao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jingxiang","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liu","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mingjun","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenhao","family":"Yao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1593","DOI":"10.1029\/RS020i006p01593","article-title":"Geodesy by radio interferometry: Effects of atmospheric modeling errors on estimates of baseline length","volume":"20","author":"Davis","year":"1985","journal-title":"Radio Sci."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"15787","DOI":"10.1029\/92JD01517","article-title":"GPS meteorology: Remote sensing of atmospheric water vapor using the global positioning system","volume":"97","author":"Bevis","year":"1992","journal-title":"J. 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