Hosted Research & Decision-Support Tools
Specialized computational tools for irrigation planning, evapotranspiration analysis, and crop simulation - built for Alberta workflows and powered by real Environment Canada weather data.
Aqualis - ET & Irrigation Decision Tool
A web-based evapotranspiration (ET) analysis and irrigation guidance tool designed for Alberta agricultural workflows. Aqualis calculates crop water demand using multiple ET methods and provides forecast-based irrigation recommendations powered by real-time Environment Canada weather data.
ET Calculators: Priestley-Taylor, Penman-Monteith, Hargreaves-Samani, and Maule methods
AquaCrop crop simulation with weekly and biweekly result summaries and charts
Forecast-based irrigation recommendations using live Environment Canada weather data
Research Model
About the Tools
Aqualis is built with Python/Django and deployed on Render. It uses ECCC (Environment Canada) as the primary weather data source with Open-Meteo as fallback. All ET methods follow peer-reviewed formulations from FAO-56 and related literature.