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Forecasting Multi-Step Ahead Monthly Reference Evapotranspiration Using Hybrid Extreme Gradient Boosting with Grey Wolf Optimization Algorithm

Xianghui Lu¹, Junliang Fan², Lifeng Wu^1,*, Jianhua Dong³

1 School of Hydraulic and Ecological Engineering, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang, 330099, China
2 Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
3 Faculty of Agriculture and Food, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China

* Corresponding Author: Lifeng Wu. Email: