Mapping of groundwater potential zones in the Musi basin using remote sensing data and GIS

Ganapuram, Sreedhar and Vijaya Kumar, G.T. and Murali Krishna, I.V. and Kahya, Ercan and Demirel, M. Cüneyd (2009) Mapping of groundwater potential zones in the Musi basin using remote sensing data and GIS. Advances in Engineering Software, 40 (7). pp. 506-518. ISSN 0965-9978

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Abstract:	The objective of this study is to explore the groundwater availability for agriculture in the Musi basin. Remote sensing data and geographic information system were used to locate potential zones for groundwater in the Musi basin. Various maps (i.e., base, hydrogeomorphological, geological, structural, drainage, slope, land use/land cover and groundwater prospect zones) were prepared using the remote sensing data along with the existing maps. The groundwater availability of the basin is qualitatively classified into different classes (i.e., very good, good, moderate, poor and nil) based on its hydrogeomorphological conditions. The land use/land cover map was prepared for the Kharif season using a digital classification technique with the limited ground truth for mapping irrigated areas in the Musi basin. The alluvial plain in filled valley, flood plain and deeply buried pediplain were successfully delineated and shown as the prospective zones of groundwater.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2009 Elsevier Science
Faculty:	Engineering Technology (CTW)
Research Group:	Water Engineering and Management (WEM)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/67901
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2008.10.001
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