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Rainfall Data from Ralliah Rain Gauge

The rainfall data from Ralliah Dam collected with an automated rain gauge has been analysed and compared to the historic rainfall data from UPASI. The chart below summarises the comparison. While the rainfall in 2014 has been higher than the historical average during August – October, the rainfall has disappointed in July, November and December. […]

Project Update

We have delineated the catchment of the major sources of water for the Municipality. We are in the process of collecting data on the land use pattern there. This would enable us to link the water flows in the source to possibilities of improvements in land use practices, which could form the basis of a […]

Analysis of Time Series data on Rainfall for Coonoor

Analysis of Time Series data on Rainfall for Coonoor (v0.1 dtd 06-03-2014) Dataset: Monthly rainfall in mm Period: Jan 1935 to Dec 2013 Source and Credit: UPASI, Coonoor. Obtained as hard copy. Raw data Data entered in Excel Sheet as two column (Data, rainfall in mm) and then saved as csv. The matrix format is […]

The Nilgiris

The Nilgiris, Blue Mountains of South India, is located at the junction of the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats, the two prominent mountain ranges that run almost parallel to the coastlines of Peninsular India. The high hills are a wonderful gift of Nature. Widespread forests and abundant water sources make the hills a fountainhead […]

Presentation from the CEPF Evaluation Meeting on 4th July 2013

The work done on the Mainstreaming… project was presented to CEPF partners ‘ group at Kotagiri on 4th July 2013. The presentation file can be accessed from here. We received valuable feedback including a suggestion to look at conversion of landuse to grasslands category as it would have greater impact on hydrological flows. We intend […]