Drought assessment using GIS and remote sensing in Amman-Zarqa basin, Jordan
Joint Authors
al-Naqah, Ali
al-Hammuri, Nizar
Source
Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2007), pp.142-152, 11 p.
Publisher
Jordan University of Science and Technology Deanship of Research
Publication Date
2007-06-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Earth Sciences, Water and Environment
Topics
Abstract EN
This study aims at assessing drought for Amman-Zarqa basin, north Jordan.
This basin is one of the important basins in Jordan where most of the agricultural and hydrological activates are located.
During the last decades, Amman-Zarqa basin had faced a high variability of the rainy season which starts every year in October and ends in April.
The main objective of this research is to find out if this basin is currently facing drought conditions.
Two different drought indices were used in this study ; these are the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to evaluate drought using rainfall data and satellite images.
Geographical information systems (GIS) software were used in this study to ; 1) Create spatial digital database to hold meteorological information for the study area, 2) Generate thematic layers representing spatial distribution of drought for both SPI and NDVI and 3) Delineate areas with high drought risk using SPI and NDVI and compare the results of both models.
The results obtained from this study show that Amman-Zarqa basin is currently facing drought conditions.
Furthermore, it was concluded that the combination of various indices offer better understanding and better monitoring of drought conditions for semi-arid basins like Amman-Zarqa Basin.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Hammuri, Nizar& al-Naqah, Ali. 2007. Drought assessment using GIS and remote sensing in Amman-Zarqa basin, Jordan. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering،Vol. 1, no. 2, pp.142-152.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-285344
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Hammuri, Nizar& al-Naqah, Ali. Drought assessment using GIS and remote sensing in Amman-Zarqa basin, Jordan. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering Vol. 1, no. 2 (2007), pp.142-152.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-285344
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Hammuri, Nizar& al-Naqah, Ali. Drought assessment using GIS and remote sensing in Amman-Zarqa basin, Jordan. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering. 2007. Vol. 1, no. 2, pp.142-152.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-285344
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 152
Record ID
BIM-285344