Evaluation of prevailing irrigation practices and their relation to soil properties - A case study of Hamadan-Bahar area of Western Iran

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-131

  Moameni, A ^a   Farshad, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Irrigability classification; Irrigation methods; Land use cover classification; Semi arid; Soil water relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032244913     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Csillag, F. 1986. Comparison of some classification methods on a test site (Kiskere, Hungary): separability as a measure of accuracy. International Journal of Remote Sensing 7: 1705-1714
2. FAO 1976. A Framework for Land Evaluation. FAO, Rome, pp. 44-48.
3. FAO 1977. Guidelines for Soil Profile Description. FAO, Rome, p. 88.
4. ITC 1993. Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS). International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), Computer Dept, Enschede, The Netherlands.
5. Israelsen, O.W. and Hansen, V.E. 1962. Irrigation, Principles and Practices. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, pp. 297-308.
6. Lo, T.H.C., Carpace, F.L. and Lillesand, T.M. 1986. Use of multitemporal spectral profiles in agricultural land-cover classification. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 52: 535-544.
7. Mahler, P.J. 1970. Manual of Land Classification for Irrigation. Pub. No. 205, Soil Institute of Iran. Ministry of Agriculture, Tehran, 105 p.
8. Moameni, A. 1994. Assessment of the Prevailing Irrigation Practices and their Relation to Soil, Using Remote Sensing and GIS in the Hamadan Area (Iran). M. Sc. Thesis, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands, 137 p.
9. Nellis, M.D. 1984. A remote sensing approach for modelling water resource use. Water Resource Bulletin 20: 789-793.
10. Paliwal, K.V. 1971. Quality of irrigation waters and their effect on soil properties in Rajasthan: a review. Annals of Arid Zone 10: 266-278.
11. Sabins, J.R. 1987. Remote Sensing, Principles and Interpretation. Second Edition. W.H. Freeman and Co., New York, 467 p.
12. Soil Survey Staff 1951. Soil Survey Manual with 1962 Supplement. USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 18. Govt. Printing Office, Washington DC, 503 p.
13. Soil Survey Staff 1992. Keys to Soil Taxonomy. SMSS Technical Monograph No. 19. 5th ed., Pocahontas Press, Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia, 541 p.
14. Wambeke, A.V. and Forbes, T.R. 1986. Guidelines for Using Soil Taxonomy in the Names of Soil Mapping Units. SMSS Technical Monograph No. 10. U.S.A., 75 p.
15. Zinck, J.A. 1988/89. Physiography and Soils. Lecture notes for K6 course. Soils Division, ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands, 156 p.