Groundwater management and development by integrated remote sensing and geographic information systems: prospects and constraints

Jha, Madan K.; Chowdhury, Alivia; Chowdary, V. M.; Peiffer, Stefan

doi:10.1007/s11269-006-9024-4

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“…Harnessing remote sensing technologies for interpreting groundwater dynamics is a cost-efficient approach to capture phenomena at a greater extent more quickly than possible on the ground (Waters et al, 1990, Fernandez, 2013. There are, however, many constraints in remote sensing and GIS applications due to limited understanding of how to interpret groundwater hydrology (Jha et al, 2007). New technologies utilizing data provided by the Groundwater Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) can directly monitor changes in groundwater elevation, yet are useful for supplementary monitoring of crops at best, due to its coarse spatial resolution (300-500 km).…”

Section: Subsurface: Groundwater Monitoringmentioning

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Food, water, and fault lines: Remote sensing opportunities for earthquake-response management of agricultural water

Rodriguez

Ustin

Sandoval-Solís

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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Earthquakes often cause destructive and unpredictable changes that can affect local hydrology (e.g. groundwater elevation or reduction) and thus disrupt land uses and human activities. Prolific agricultural regions overlie seismically active areas, emphasizing the importance to improve our understanding and monitoring of hydrologic and agricultural systems following a seismic event. A thorough data collection is necessary for adequate postearthquake crop management response; however, the large spatial extent of earthquake's impact makes challenging the collection of robust data sets for identifying locations and magnitude of these impacts. Observing hydrologic responses to earthquakes is not a novel concept, yet there is a lack of methods and tools for assessing earthquake's impacts upon the regional hydrology and agricultural systems. The objective of this paper is to describe how remote sensing imagery, methods and tools allow detecting crop responses and damage incurred after earthquakes because a change in the regional hydrology. Many remote sensing datasets are long archived with extensive coverage and with well-documented methods to assess plant-water relations. We thus connect remote sensing of plant water relations to its utility in agriculture using a post-earthquake agrohydrologic remote sensing (PEARS) framework; specifically in agro-hydrologic relationships associated with recent earthquake events that will lead to improved water management.© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords:Agro-hydrology Disaster management Monitoring Plant-water relations Post-earthquake agrohydrologic remote sensing (PEARS) Remote sensing Background, scope & needEarthquake events threaten food security, resource management and human life, and are observed to be steadily increasing (Ellsworth, 2013). As observed earthquake events continue to increase, it is important to explore and improve response and recovery strategies. Infrastructural damages, especially in urban environments, are at the forefront of research in remote sensing of earthquake-associated damage. Agricultural environments also face catastrophic impacts, often due to adverse hydrologic behavior following the event. The earthquake-water linkage poses particular threats to agricultural productivity, yet difficulty lies in predicting the location, destructiveness, and extent of damage. While effects of earthquake-induced hydrologic changes on crops remain largely unexplored, remote sensing of crop water relations provide a suite of tools to monitor responses and to mitigate crop loss. Remote sensing can address these challenges with archived imagery that has extensive spatial coverage. There are conceptual models that explicitly walk through remote sensing in disaster management (Joyce et al., 2009b) and remote sensing of post-earthquake urban damage (Eguchi et al., 2003) -leaving a gap at the interface of post-earthquake remote sensing of agricultural impacts. We therefore draw attention to current research in understanding earthquake impacts on agric...

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Section: Subsurface: Groundwater Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food, water, and fault lines: Remote sensing opportunities for earthquake-response management of agricultural water

Rodriguez

Ustin

Sandoval-Solís

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Recent technological advances have brought GIS cartographic techniques to the forefront as tools for recommending water management methods (e.g. Ballukraya & Kalimuthu, 2010;Chowdary, Rao, & Sarma, 2003;Jaiswal et al, 2003;Jha, 2011;Jha, Chowdhury, Chowdary, & Peiffer, 2007;Yeh, Lee, Hsu, & Chang, 2009). The multicriteria approach, which encompasses several types of layers of information (e.g.…”

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“…The identification of the explaining factors were compiled and revised from the selected bibliography (e.g. Babar, 2005;Jha, 2011;Jha et al, 2007;Krishnamurthy, Kumar, Jayaraman, & Manivel, 1996;Teixeira et al, 2010;Yeh et al, 2009 and references therein). The weight and score for each factor have been calculated using the 'Analytical Hierarchy Process' method (e.g.…”

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Hydrogeomorphological mapping as a tool in groundwater exploration

et al. 2013

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Hydrogeomorphological maps have a useful importance in exploration hydrogeology, engineering geosciences, geotechnical engineering and planning. The role of geomorphology is decisive to correctly evaluate groundwater resources. Hard-rock hydrogeological systems commonly exhibit complex geological and morphological features. This study highlights methodological guidelines for the preparation of hydrogeomorphological maps to support groundwater conceptual modelling, as well as for hydrogeological surveys and environmental sustainability issues. Cartographic techniques can provide an accurate way of improving the knowledge on groundwater and surface water circulation and the overall functioning of aquifer systems. A comprehensive evaluation of these subjects has been completed during the preparation of hydrogeomorphological maps for the Alardo groundwater system and Touca hydromineral system, both located on Gardunha mountain in Central Portugal. Thematic maps were prepared mainly from satellite imagery analysis, topographic, geological, geomorphological and hydrogeological field surveys. This information was presented to outline the recharge potential areas and infiltration rates. The paper also contributes to hydrogeomorphological mapping design and the conceptual model of groundwater in fractured hard-rock aquifer systems.

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“…Geographic Information System (GIS) is an important tool for classifying, explain, handling, storage and management of large and complex data within short time with a minimum error. The GIS facilitates proper data analysis and interpolation techniques [JHA et al 2007]. It is also an effective tool for interpreting and integration of different thematic map related to land cover [MATTIKALLI 1995].…”

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Groundwater quality and hydrogeological characteristics of Malacca state in Malaysia

Shirazi¹,

Adham²,

Zardari³

et al. 2015

Journal of Water and Land Development

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Groundwater quality and aquifer productivity of Malacca catchment in Peninsular Malaysia are presented in this article. Pumping test data were collected from 210 shallow and 17 deep boreholes to get well inventory information. Data analysis confirmed that the aquifers consisting of schist, sand, limestone and volcanic rocks were the most productive aquifers for groundwater in Malacca state. GIS-based aquifer productivity map was generated based on bedrock and discharge capacity of the aquifers. Aquifer productivity map is classified into three classes, namely high, moderate and low based on discharge capacity. Groundwater potential of the study area is 35, 57 and 8% of low, moderate and high class respectively. Fifty two shallow and 14 deep aquifer groundwater samples were analyzed for water quality. In some cases, groundwater quality analysis indicated that the turbidity, total dissolved solids, iron, chloride and cadmium concentrations exceeded the limit of drinking water quality standards.

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Groundwater management and development by integrated remote sensing and geographic information systems: prospects and constraints

Cited by 422 publications

References 73 publications

Food, water, and fault lines: Remote sensing opportunities for earthquake-response management of agricultural water

Food, water, and fault lines: Remote sensing opportunities for earthquake-response management of agricultural water

Hydrogeomorphological mapping as a tool in groundwater exploration

Groundwater quality and hydrogeological characteristics of Malacca state in Malaysia

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