scholarly journals Modeling groundwater potential zones of Puruliya district, West Bengal, India using remote sensing and GIS techniques

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biswajit Das ◽  
Subodh Chandra Pal ◽  
Sadhan Malik ◽  
Rabin Chakrabortty
Author(s):  
Sujit Das ◽  
Soumen Chatterjee

Remote sensing and Geographical Information System (GIS) have played an important role in exploration and management of groundwater resources. In this study, we present modeling of groundwater potential zone in Khoyrasol block in Birbhum district, West Bengal by using remote sensing and GIS techniques. The objective of the study is to explore groundwater as well as surface water availability in different geomorphic units. Different thematic maps of geology, hydro-geomorphology, lineament, slope, land use/land cover (LULC), depth to water level and soil maps are prepared and groundwater potential zones are obtained by overlaying all thematic maps in terms of Weightage Index Overlay (WIO) method. All the thematic map classes have been assigned weightage according to their role in groundwater occurrence. Finally, groundwater potential zones are classified into four categories viz., excellent, good to medium, medium to poor and poor. The outcome of the present research work will help the local farmers, decision-maker, researchers and planners for exploration, monitoring, and management of groundwater resources for this study area.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 689-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan ◽  
Md. Ferozur Rahaman ◽  
Riad Arefin ◽  
Md. Samser Ali ◽  
Quamrul Hasan Mazumder

2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 597-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Selvam ◽  
N. S. Magesh ◽  
P. Sivasubramanian ◽  
John Prince Soundranayagam ◽  
G. Manimaran ◽  
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