Lake intelligence from satellites, sensors and models
Hydroremote turns Earth observation, in-lake monitoring and process models into decisions that regional councils, iwi and infrastructure owners can act on.
What we do
Two decades of peer-reviewed work on New Zealand lakes, delivered as practical consulting. We combine three data streams most providers treat separately — satellite remote sensing, high-frequency buoy and sensor data, and coupled hydrodynamic–ecological models — into a single, defensible picture of how a waterbody behaves and how it will respond to management.
🛰️ Remote sensing
Chlorophyll-a, water clarity, suspended sediment and surface temperature mapped across whole lake districts from Landsat, Sentinel-2/3 and MODIS — back to 1999 where the archive allows.
📡 Monitoring & sensors
Design and analysis of buoy networks and high-frequency sensor data; quality control, gap-filling and trend detection that stands up to scrutiny.
🔬 Lake & catchment modelling
GLM-AED and 3-D hydrodynamic–ecological models to test interventions — nutrient load reduction, diversion walls, aeration — before money is committed.
Why Hydroremote
The methods we use in consulting are the same ones developed and peer-reviewed in the scientific literature — see the publications record.