Using geographic information systems and satellite images for monitoring properties of water in the Iraqi coastal areas

Abstract EN

The Iraqi coastal areas environments had dramatic changed during the recent years.

So, it's essential to study the environmental assessment impact of Iraqi coastal lines.

Water is important in environmental study and it is important to maintain the human health and also the health of the ecosystem.

The study is aimed to determine the some parameters of water bodies and detect the environmental changes in the study area.

Thirty seven of water samples were collected from the study area from April to September in 2011.

Parameters include salinity, hydrogen number, total dissolve solids and electrical conductivity.

Some parameters are measured locally in the field.

The rapid and direct readings are necessary; such as pH, EC, and TDS.

Iraqi coastal Areas Covered 170 Km located in the south of Iraq, south of Basrah city, north and Northwest of Arabian Gulf represent the study area.

GIS and remote sensing provides us tools that are effective in monitoring the parameters water quality and also in situ measurement data can help in identifying the quality of water.

Geostatistics is one of the most advanced techniques in GIS for interpolation of water quality; it is essentially useful in protection, management and preservation of water quality.

In this analysis, Inverse Distance Weight method is used for predicting spatial distribution of various parameters.