Integration of remote sensing and electrical sounding data for hydrogeological exploration - A case study of Bakhar watershed, India

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 949-960

  Kumar, M Girish ^a   Bali, Rameshwar ^a   Agarwal, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b Remote Sensing Applications Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Bakhar watershed; GIS; Groundwater potential zones; Remote sensing; Vertical electrical sounding (VES); Weighted aggregation method

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER THICKNESS; BAKHAR WATERSHED; DOMESTIC PURPOSE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTRICAL SOUNDINGS; GEOELECTRICAL; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GIS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING; VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING (VES); WEIGHTED AGGREGATION METHOD;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; WATERSHEDS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; WATER DEMAND; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349540841     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.5.949     Document Type: Article

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