Forested hills above the Kaveri river at Galibore, Karnataka.
Kaveri river catchment, Karnataka, India

We work on solar projects, climate change, land and water resources management and planning, agriculture, and facilitation services. We develop models using established tools, data science, AI and satellite imagery applications to solve land, energy and water management challenges.

Wine grapes ripening on the vine under a dense canopy.

Agriculture

  • Crop mapping
  • Farmer surveys
  • Water use
  • Monitoring
  • Geoportals
  • Crop water modeling
  • Integrated water–energy–agricultural emissions

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Cultivated valley floor with rolling dry hills beyond.

Water

  • Hydrology
  • Integrated surface–groundwater modeling
  • Climate impacts and adaptation
  • Watershed planning
  • Flood mapping
  • Satellite monitoring
  • Scenario analysis
  • Forecasting
  • Training

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A ground-mounted solar array in a dry field, seen along the rows.

Solar

  • Feasibility studies
  • Preliminary design
  • Financial analysis
  • Energy modeling
  • Performance testing

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  • The food we grow is thirsty

    The food we grow is thirsty

    Growing our food consumes plenty of water – globally 70% of human uses of water. Choices in what food we eat have tremendous impact on our planet’s land and water resources, and on our human health. Growing one kg of rice takes 3 to 10 times the amount of water compared to 1 kg of

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  • Monitoring the flooding of wetlands using Radar

    Monitoring the flooding of wetlands using Radar

    Here is another application of the use of Sentinel-1 satellite radar imagery. This application estimates the intermittent flooding up of managed wetlands in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. In my work on the Groundwater Sustainability Plan, one of the more uncertain elements of the water budget is the water management on managed wetlands. Managed wetlands

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  • Radar imagery for mapping inundated areas

    Radar imagery for mapping inundated areas

    Radar imagery provides a convenient way to map inundated areas, because of it’s ability to penetrate cloud cover. Below, try the application to check out inundated areas for some of the major floods of 2024, for example. The default application centers on the town Malavalli in South India. Between July 30th and August 1st 2024,

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