TRANSPARENCY & DATA PROVENANCE DIRECTORY
Data Sources & Telemetry Attribution
Kerala Flood Watch is an open data aggregator that ingests, cleans, and synthesizes official government hydromet telemetry to provide transparent early flood warnings.
Official Sources: India Meteorological Department (IMD), Central Water Commission (CWC), KSDMA
Updated: 07:23 pm IST
Next Sync: 07:38 pm
Full Provenance IndexData Provenance & Specs
India Meteorological Department (IMD)
Real-time (15 min)Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India
Data Category: Meteorological Radar, Bulletins & Red/Orange/Yellow Warnings
Tracked Metrics: Radar precipitation, Doppler wind gusts, station rain totals
Central Water Commission (CWC)
HourlyMinistry of Jal Shakti, Govt of India
Data Category: Hydrological River Level Gauging & Flood Bulletins
Tracked Metrics: River stage (m MSL), discharge (cumecs), danger mark thresholds
Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA)
Real-time syncGovernment of Kerala
Data Category: State Emergency Advisories, Landslide & Relief Shelters
Tracked Metrics: District alert colors, evacuation notices, relief camp counts
Kerala Irrigation Department
HourlyGovernment of Kerala
Data Category: State Reservoir & Dam Safety Control Telemetry
Tracked Metrics: Water levels (m MSL), storage %, spillway discharge rates
Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)
Real-timeGovernment of Kerala
Data Category: Hydel Reservoir Storage & Power Grid Outages
Tracked Metrics: Spillway shutter open counts, dam capacity %, power outages
Kerala Police Traffic & Emergency
Real-timeGovernment of Kerala
Data Category: High-Range Travel Advisories & Road Closures
Tracked Metrics: Ghat road closures, landslide blockages, detour alerts
Kerala Fire & Rescue Services
Real-timeGovernment of Kerala
Data Category: Emergency Rescue Operations & Inundation Calls
Tracked Metrics: Boat rescue cell stations, flood inundation response calls
Kerala Government Open Data
DailyGovernment of Kerala
Data Category: State Open Datasets Registry
Tracked Metrics: District administrative boundary shapefiles, open hydromet data
India Open Government Data (data.gov.in)
DailyNational Informatics Centre (NIC)
Data Category: National Open Data Portal & Open APIs
Tracked Metrics: National rainfall climatology, reservoir storage archives
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
Real-timeGovernment of India
Data Category: National Emergency Operations Advisories
Tracked Metrics: NDRF deployment coordinates, national disaster guidelines
ISRO Bhuvan Disaster GIS Portal
Orbital PassNational Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC / ISRO)
Data Category: Disaster GIS Mapping & Flood Inundation Layers
Tracked Metrics: Submerged crop area, satellite flood extent maps
Kerala Spatial Data Infrastructure (KSDI)
On DemandKerala State Council for Science, Tech & Environment
Data Category: State Spatial Data Infrastructure & Cadastral GIS
Tracked Metrics: Taluk/Village administrative boundaries, elevation rasters
Copernicus Emergency Management Service
Daily PassEuropean Space Agency (ESA Copernicus)
Data Category: Sentinel-1 SAR C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Tracked Metrics: Cloud-penetrating flood extent, radar backscatter delta
NASA Earthdata (GPM & SMAP)
Orbital PassNASA Goddard Space Flight Center / JPL
Data Category: Spaceborne Radar & L-Band Soil Moisture Radiometer
Tracked Metrics: GPM 30-min global rain rate, SMAP soil saturation %
Google Flood Hub
7-Day ForecastGoogle Research Hydrology Team
Data Category: AI Streamflow & River Flood Forecasting Model
Tracked Metrics: AI-predicted river discharge trends, 7-day inundation risk
Weather APIs (Open-Meteo, OpenWeather, Tomorrow.io)
HourlyGlobal NWP Model Aggregators
Data Category: High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction APIs
Tracked Metrics: Hourly rain forecast, ECMWF/GFS ensemble precipitation
OpenStreetMap, Leaflet & MapLibre
Real-timeOpen Source Geospatial Community
Data Category: Interactive Map Canvas & Vector Tile Engine
Tracked Metrics: Map tiles, road geometries, topographic contours