Recent Trends in Water Research : Remote Sensing and General Perspectives
Contents: Preface. 1. Land use/land cover mapping in Sarabanga River Basin, Salem District, Tamil Nadu using multi-temporal remote sensing data and geographical information system/Moorthy G., Sivasankari S., Gowtham B. and Balamurugan G. 2. Targeting groundwater potential zones in hard rock terrain using remote sensing and GIS/Anbazhagan G. and Manivel M. 3. Identification of groundwater potential zone around Tiruchirappalli district using remote sensing and GIS/Kalai Selvan B., Manivel M., Satishkumar V.R., Alaguraja P. and Yuvaraj T. 4. Morphometric analysis of Nandiyar Basin using remote sensing and GIS for sustainable water resource management/Rajesh M. and Manivel M. 5. Soil suitability and water quality study in Tirupur Taluk - A GIS approach/Sasikumar B., Manival M., Nagarathinam S.R., Radhakrishnan S., Vinothkanna S., and Alaguraja P. 6. Water planning and identification of further favourable areas in over exploratory Thalaivasal Block, Salem District using remote sensing and GIS techniques/Santhanam K., Mohana P., Nethaji Mariappan V.E. and Manoharan N. 7. Rainfall distribution study in Coimbatore district using Geographic Information System (GIS)/Alguraja P., Manivel M., Nagarathinam S.R., Sakthivel R. and Yuvaraj D. 8. Identification of regions with groundwater suitability for irrigation purpose, using GIS - a case study/Karmaegam U., Chidambaram S., Ramesh R., Manikandan S., Johnson Babu G. and Paramaguru P. 9. Application of vertical electrical sounding to demarcate groundwater potential zones and contamination studies in Thirumanimuttar sub-basin, Tamil Nadu, India using GIS techniques/Srinivasamoorthy K., Vasanthavigar M., Vijayaraghavan K., Rajivgandhi R., Chidambaram S., Anandhan P. and Manivannan R. 10. Study on changes in the environmental conditions on water bodies of Cuddalore coastal area in relation to tidal inundation/Lakshumanan C., Viveganandan S. and Krishnakumar P. 11. Drainage and its parameters identification and characterization in the Vaippar River Basin, Tamil Nadu/Sankar K. and Pandian K. 12. Identification of flood breaching zones using GIS for Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu/Asaimani S., Kumar R.S, Ramasamy V., Gayathri A., Prabhakaran R. and Selvaraj B. 13. Study on water quality of Shafaroud River, Iran/Ramezani F., Singh S.K. and Ramanathan Al. 14. A statistical approach to study the spatial and temporal variation of electrical conductivity of groundwater using GIS in Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu/Manivannan R., Chidambaram S., Srinivasamoorthy K., Anandhan P., Karmegam U., Manikandan S. and Dheivanayaki V. 15. Application of geo-spatial technology in groundwater quality discrimination studies in and around Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, East Coast of India/Vasudevan S., Srinivasan S., Ramkumar T., Srinivasamoorthy K., Manjula S., Vijayakumar V., Selvarajeswaran T., Veeradoss D. and Menaka J. Index.
"The application of Geographic Information System (GIS) in groundwater had gained momentum to an extent that its application is multi-diverse. It is a powerful set of tools for collecting, storing, retrieving, transforming and displaying spatial data for the purpose that benefits human community. This book is an attempt to integrate various aspects of application of GIS in the field of water research. The present book will help the readers to obtain an insight regarding the solution for hydrogeochemical problems using GIS as a tool for both rain and groundwater. GIS tool for soil suitability, planning and management of resource, distribution and analysis of various geochemical parameters has also brought to limelight. Applications of land use land cover, morphometric analysis, buffer analysis and relation with geophysical technique has been brought out in a clear and simple style. These features make this book interesting and indispensable to the researchers and managers of the water resources indifferent parts of the world."
