Research | Dr. Pramod Soni

Tools & Data Resources (for Students)

Curated links for watershed delineation, rainfall/climate data, remote sensing, and modelling tools.

🌍 HydroSHEDS / MG Hydro – Watershed Delineation
Online watershed delineation and basin boundary tools.
💧 Global Surface Water Explorer
Global Surface Water Explorer tools.
🗺️ QGIS (Free GIS Software)
Watershed processing, DEM tools, map-making, plugins.
🛰️ SRTM DEM (USGS)
Widely used DEM for watershed and terrain analysis.
💻 Watershed Delineation using Python (pysheds)
Open-source implementation for DEM preprocessing, flow direction, accumulation, and catchment delineation using pysheds.

🌧️ IMDLib – Python Library for IMD Gridded Data
Download/process IMD gridded rainfall/temperature using Python.
☁️ Copernicus Climate Data Store (ERA5)
Reanalysis data: rainfall, temperature, winds, radiation, etc.
🌧️ NASA GPM Data Portal (IMERG)
Satellite rainfall products for hydrology and extremes.
🌡️ NASA POWER
Easy access to daily climate variables and solar radiation.

🌐 Google Earth Engine (GEE)
Cloud processing for Landsat/Sentinel/LULC/indices/time-series.
🛰️ USGS EarthExplorer
Download Landsat, SRTM, and other geospatial datasets.
🛰️ Copernicus Data Space (Sentinel)
Sentinel-1/2/3 data access for analysis.

🌊 HEC-RAS (USACE)
1D/2D river hydraulics, inundation mapping.
💧 SWAT (Soil & Water Assessment Tool)
Basin-scale hydrology, sediment, nutrients, land management.
🧪 EPA SWMM
Urban drainage and stormwater modelling.

📘 CPCB (Central Pollution Control Board)
Guidelines, standards, monitoring references.
📗 BIS Standards Portal
IS codes (search and reference information).