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MIDS Capstone Project Spring 2020

Updating Irrigation Maps

The global distribution of irrigated areas is unknown.  An updated map is required to determine the impact of agriculture on local water resources.  Using Landsat 7 satellite images at 30 meters resolution and the known irrigated areas from the year 2000, we train a neural network algorithm to map irrigated areas today.  

Special thanks to Prof. Paolo D'Odorico for providing this idea.

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Last updated: April 24, 2020