Welcome to the Upper Bhima

This website is the result of "Remotely Sensed Based Hydrological Model Calibration for Basin Scale Water Resources Planning : Embedding Case for Krsihna Basin, India" project.

The project shows how a combination of Remote Sensing, hydrological simulation models and Geographic Information Systems can successfully support water resources planning in a complex environment. For the Upper-Bhima catchment, which is a 40.000 km2 sub-basin of the Krishna basin, a hydrological model has been built. Remotely Sensed based evapotranspiration maps based on the SEBAL algorithm have been used in an advanced auto-calibration of the simulation model. This innovative approach shows promising results and opens fascinating possibilities for future applications.

The project was implemented by the Dutch company FutureWater and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The project is financially supported by the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes (NIVR) in the framework of their User Support programme.

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Khadakwasla dam

Irrigation

Sugarcane harvest