GDE Pulse - Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem Monitoring (TNC)
The Nature Conservancy tool assessing health of 246,017 groundwater-dependent ecosystem polygons in California using Landsat NDVI/NDMI, PRISM precipitation and DWR groundwater levels. Interactive map, bulk CSV downloads and a REST API.
gde.codefornature.org
At a glance
- Region
- United States (North America)
- Coverage
- Subnational
- Access
- Free
- Category
- NGO
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- groundwater dependent ecosystems
- NDVI
- groundwater levels
- remote sensing
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Trend hotspots
Find where water tables are falling year after year.
Because it has: groundwater dependent ecosystems
- 02
Recharge planning
Site recharge structures and new borewells with evidence.
- 03
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Because it has: groundwater levels
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Gap filling
Rebuild missing well readings from neighbours, rainfall and season.
- 02
Level forecasts
Forecast pre- and post-monsoon levels well by well.
- 03
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
REST API at gde-api.codefornature.org/v24/ (Python/R/JS/CLI)
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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