AHP-DRASTIC: Software for specific aquifer vulnerability assessment using DRASTIC model and GIS

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 645-656

  Thirumalaivasan, D ^a   Karmegam, M ^a   Venugopal, K ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Aquifer vulnerability; DRASTIC model; Graphical User Interface

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARCVIEW; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODELING; SOFTWARE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 0038379401     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(03)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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