Assessment of Groundwater Potential in a Semi-Arid Region of India Using Remote Sensing, GIS and MCDM Techniques

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1359-1386

  Machiwal, Deepesh ^a   Jha, Madan K ^b   Mal, Bimal C ^b  

^a Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater potential; Hard rock aquifer system; MCDM; Remote sensing; Semi arid region

Indexed keywords

AHP (ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS); ANNUAL RAINFALL; EFFICIENT PLANNING; EIGENVECTOR METHODS; GIS; GROUNDWATER RESERVES; HARD-ROCK AQUIFER SYSTEM; INDEX VALUES; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MCDM; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; POST-MONSOON; POTENTIAL MAP; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; PUMPING WELL; RAJASTHAN; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SEMI-ARID REGION; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE WATER BODY; THEMATIC LAYERS; THEMATIC MAPS; WELL YIELD;

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAPS; PLANNING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SURFACE WATERS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; DECISION MAKING; ELEVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; WATER DEPTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

INDIA;

EID: 79952710873     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9749-y     Document Type: Article

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