Flowing well potential zoning at Iraqi southern and western deserts using frequency ratio and geographic information system
The objective of this study is to integrate geographic information system and bivariate frequency ratio method for the mapping of flowing well zones in the west and southwest parts of the Euphrates river basin of Iraq. Ten groundwater conditioning factors are identified as controlling factors of gro...
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my.utm.771092018-05-31T09:34:11Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/77109/ Flowing well potential zoning at Iraqi southern and western deserts using frequency ratio and geographic information system Al-Abadi, A. M. Ghlaib, H. B. Shahid, S. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The objective of this study is to integrate geographic information system and bivariate frequency ratio method for the mapping of flowing well zones in the west and southwest parts of the Euphrates river basin of Iraq. Ten groundwater conditioning factors are identified as controlling factors of groundwater movement based on data availability, literature review, and expert’s opinions. The spatial association between flowing well locations and groundwater controlling factors is investigated by means of a probabilistic frequency ratio approach. Seventy percent or 148 wells from an inventory of 211 flowing wells in the study area are randomly selected for training, and the remaining 30 or 63% wells are used for validation of the probabilistic frequency ratio model. The estimated probabilistic ratio values are overlaid and summed to produce the groundwater potential index map. The results reveal that groundwater potential in 128,547 km2 or 84% of the total area is very low to low. The moderate potential zone covers an area of about 11,210 km2 or 7%, while the high and very high potential zones are found in an area of 12,982 km2 or 9% of the study area. Validation of obtaining results by means of a receiver operating characteristic technique reveals that the predictive accuracy of 94% indicating the excellent performance of the proposed approach for spatial zoning of groundwater flowing well boundary at Iraqi desert. Center for Environmental and Energy Research and Studies 2017 Article PeerReviewed Al-Abadi, A. M. and Ghlaib, H. B. and Shahid, S. (2017) Flowing well potential zoning at Iraqi southern and western deserts using frequency ratio and geographic information system. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 14 (10). pp. 2249-2268. ISSN 1735-1472 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029654246&doi=10.1007%2fs13762-017-1306-2&partnerID=40&md5=91789a399ed54a4a8b43d2d84bc1a49c DOI:10.1007/s13762-017-1306-2 |
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The objective of this study is to integrate geographic information system and bivariate frequency ratio method for the mapping of flowing well zones in the west and southwest parts of the Euphrates river basin of Iraq. Ten groundwater conditioning factors are identified as controlling factors of groundwater movement based on data availability, literature review, and expert’s opinions. The spatial association between flowing well locations and groundwater controlling factors is investigated by means of a probabilistic frequency ratio approach. Seventy percent or 148 wells from an inventory of 211 flowing wells in the study area are randomly selected for training, and the remaining 30 or 63% wells are used for validation of the probabilistic frequency ratio model. The estimated probabilistic ratio values are overlaid and summed to produce the groundwater potential index map. The results reveal that groundwater potential in 128,547 km2 or 84% of the total area is very low to low. The moderate potential zone covers an area of about 11,210 km2 or 7%, while the high and very high potential zones are found in an area of 12,982 km2 or 9% of the study area. Validation of obtaining results by means of a receiver operating characteristic technique reveals that the predictive accuracy of 94% indicating the excellent performance of the proposed approach for spatial zoning of groundwater flowing well boundary at Iraqi desert. |
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Flowing well potential zoning at Iraqi southern and western deserts using frequency ratio and geographic information system |
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