Delineation of groundwater potential zones in the Comoro watershed, Timor Leste using GIS, remote sensing and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) technique

Applied Water Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 503-519

  Pinto, Domingos ^a   Shrestha, Sangam ^a   Babel, Mukand S ^a   Ninsawat, Sarawut ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Comoro watershed; GIS and remote sensing; Groundwater; Potential zone

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFORMATION USE; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHEDS;

ALLUVIAL PLAINS; COMORO WATERSHED; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; GIS AND REMOTE SENSING; GROUNDWATER POTENTIALS; POTENTIAL ZONE; PROCESS TECHNIQUES; REMOTE-SENSING; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; WELL YIELD;

GROUNDWATER;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; GIS; GROUNDWATER; PERMEABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 85114073406     PISSN: 21905487     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-015-0270-6     Document Type: Article

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