Environment, Climate & Disaster

Air quality, climate data, flood monitoring, and disaster management datasets for Maharashtra.

21 datasets

Pre-monsoon and post-monsoon groundwater depth measurements from monitoring wells across Maharashtra districts by the Central Ground Water Board. Provides in-situ well-level data distinct from satellite-based GRACE measurements. Critical for tracking groundwater depletion trends in drought-prone Marathwada and Vidarbha.

Build a groundwater depletion prediction model for Maharashtra that forecasts water level trends for drought planning.
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Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)

Maharashtra Stations — Continuous ambient air quality monitoring (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, O3, CO) from CAAQMS stations across Maharashtra cities including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad

Build an AQI trend analyzer for Maharashtra cities showing seasonal patterns and long-term improvement or degradation.
Tabular (CSV, API)
Central Pollution Control Board, Government of India

Maharashtra River Gauges — Real-time and historical water level and discharge data from river gauging stations across Maharashtra's major river basins (Krishna, Godavari, Tapi)

Build a flood early warning system for Maharashtra rivers that predicts downstream water levels from upstream gauge data.
Tabular (web portal)
Central Water Commission, Government of India

Maharashtra Events — International disaster database recording natural and technological disasters in Maharashtra including floods, droughts, cyclones, and earthquakes since 1900

Build a disaster risk assessment model for Maharashtra using historical disaster frequency and impact data.
Tabular (Excel)
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)

Maharashtra — Hourly global climate reanalysis data (temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity) at 0.25 degree resolution covering Maharashtra from 1940 to present

Build a historical weather analysis tool for Maharashtra agriculture using 40+ years of ERA5 reanalysis data.
Gridded (NetCDF, GRIB)
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility occurrence records for Maharashtra and the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. Contains millions of georeferenced species observations from herbaria, museums, citizen science (iNaturalist), and field surveys.

Build a biodiversity hotspot mapper for Maharashtra's Western Ghats using species occurrence records.
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GBIF

Global High Air Pollutants dataset providing gapless daily PM2.5 concentrations at 1km resolution from 2017-2022 using machine learning and big data. Maharashtra subset enables day-level air quality tracking across every taluka.

Build a hyper-local air pollution exposure model for Maharashtra using 1km daily PM2.5 estimates.
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Wuhan University / Multiple

Global Flood Awareness System providing river discharge reanalysis (1979-present) and 30-day probabilistic flood forecasts at ~10km resolution. Maharashtra subset covers Krishna, Godavari, Bhima, and Tapi river basins for operational flood early warning.

Build a 30-day flood forecasting system for Maharashtra rivers using GloFAS global discharge predictions.
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ECMWF / Copernicus EMS

Satellite gravity measurements from GRACE/GRACE-FO missions providing monthly terrestrial water storage anomalies at ~300km resolution since 2002. Combined with GLDAS soil moisture, yields groundwater depletion maps critical for Maharashtra's water-stressed Marathwada and Vidarbha regions.

Build a groundwater depletion monitor for Maharashtra using GRACE satellite gravity measurements.
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NASA JPL / GFZ Potsdam

Maharashtra Stations — Historical climate normals, rainfall, and temperature data from India Meteorological Department stations across Maharashtra

Build a climate trend analyzer for Maharashtra showing temperature and rainfall changes over decades.
Tabular (PDF, web portal)
India Meteorological Department

Gridded simulations of annual maximum flood extent across India (including Maharashtra) from 1901–2020 based on hydrological modelling

Build a flood risk assessment tool for Maharashtra showing areas vulnerable to different return period floods.
Geospatial (web maps)
IIT Bombay / India Water Resources Information System

Satellite-based near real-time flood inundation extent maps for Maharashtra during monsoon events from ISRO/NRSC

Build a historical flood analysis tool for Maharashtra rivers using NRSC flood inundation maps from satellite data.
Geospatial (raster, web maps)
Central Water Commission / NRSC

Maps of surface water location and temporal distribution from 1984-2021 derived from Landsat imagery at 30m resolution. Maharashtra subset reveals reservoir levels, river width changes, seasonal wetlands, and water body loss over 37 years.

Build a Maharashtra water body dynamics analyzer tracking seasonal and long-term changes in surface water extent.
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European Commission JRC

District and taluka-wise tree plantation data from Maharashtra's reforestation programs including the 10 Crore Plantation initiative. Tracks planted area, species, survival rates, and carbon sequestration potential. Enables monitoring of reforestation commitments.

Build a plantation success tracker for Maharashtra evaluating survival rates and comparing against targets.
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Maharashtra Forest Department

State-level ambient air and water quality monitoring data, industrial pollution consent data, and environmental compliance reports for Maharashtra

Build a pollution compliance tracker for Maharashtra industries showing violators and pollution hotspots.
Tabular (PDF, web)
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board

State Disaster Management Authority data on hazard vulnerability, disaster events, and emergency response covering floods, cyclones, earthquakes in Maharashtra

Build a Maharashtra disaster risk profile showing historical patterns, hotspots, and vulnerability trends.
Tabular (web, PDF)
State Disaster Management Authority, Government of Maharashtra

Near real-time active fire detections from MODIS and VIIRS satellites at 375m-1km resolution, updated every 3 hours. Maharashtra subset tracks agricultural stubble burning, forest fires in Western Ghats, and industrial fire incidents.

Build a real-time forest fire monitoring system for Maharashtra using NASA FIRMS satellite fire detections.
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NASA LANCE

Global precipitation estimates at 0.1° (~10km) resolution, half-hourly from June 2000 to present. Maharashtra subset enables hyper-local flood prediction, drought monitoring, and agricultural water management across all 36 districts.

Build a high-frequency rainfall monitor for Maharashtra using NASA GPM half-hourly precipitation estimates.
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Land surface temperature derived from Landsat 8/9 thermal bands at 30m resolution (resampled from 100m). Maharashtra subset enables urban heat island mapping for Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, and heat stress analysis across agricultural regions.

Build an urban heat island mapper for Maharashtra cities using Landsat thermal band surface temperature data.
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USGS / NASA

India Stations — Historical weather observations (temperature, precipitation, wind) from NOAA's global surface summary of day stations in Maharashtra

Build a long-term climate analysis tool for Maharashtra stations using NOAA's historical weather records.
Tabular (CSV)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Global monthly climate and water balance dataset at ~4km resolution from 1958 to present. Provides temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, vapor pressure deficit, Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), and runoff. Critical for agricultural planning and drought monitoring in Maharashtra.

Build a climate analytics dashboard for Maharashtra using TerraClimate's multi-variable monthly climate data.
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University of Idaho Climatology Lab