Inspiration
We were inspired by the book 2084. In this book a character discusses the effects of ground water shortages in the future.
What it does
This AI uses Gravitometer Data from Nasa satellites to predict future ground water availability.
How we built it
We built this AI using a Convolutional Neural Network based on the Pytorch framework.
Challenges we ran into
The first challenge we ran into was accessing the data from NASA's APIs this took 5 hours of time to work out. The other challenge we ran into was creating a model that was sufficiently accurate this issue was remedied by a modification to the AI's model.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to parse the gravity data from NASA. Aswell as create predictions that are sufficiently accurate.
What we learned
Pytorch is a new framework to us which caused many setbacks but ultimately became much clearer. We were unfamiliar with .nc file format but are now able to use it.
What's next for Future Ground Water Predictor
Our hope is that Future Ground Water Predictor can be made more accurate and be able to predict shortages many years in advance.
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