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Exercise 5. Land suitability and capability modeling for the specific crop types
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5.1. Multi-Criteria Analysis for Modeling
(MCAM) Ground Water Potential
Focus
1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352801X19300797
2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002216942201071X
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5.1.Multi-Criteria Analysis for Modeling(MCAM) Ground Water Potential (GWP)
• Surface lithology (SL) and land use/land cover (LULC) are reliant
on porosity and presence of water bodies for percolation into the
aquifer.
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1. Surface lithology (SL)
• It is general physical
characteristics of a rock or the
rocks in a particular area
• Surface lithology influences
recharge to the groundwater
• The presence of fine-grain
materials (clay, peat or silt, and the
percentage of organic matter
within the soil) decreases intrinsic
permeability and prevent
infiltration of surface water to the
groundwater.
• Lithological information can be
obtained from the Geological
Survey
• Examples of dominant types of soil
layer namely clay, marsh clay,
peat, alluvial silt, limestone,
basalt…
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2. Lineament density (LD)
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4. Infiltration rate (IR)
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Stream frequency refers to the number of streams per unit area
5. Groundwater table depth (GWTD)
• The depth to the water table is the vertical distance between the
ground surface and the water table.
• The most reliable method of obtaining the depth to the water table at
any given time is to measure the water level in a shallow well with a
tape.
• Groundwater table depth represents the interaction of groundwater
with natural and anthropogenic activities of recharge and discharge
components in response to geology, climate, physiography, land and
hydrology.
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6. Rainfall (RF)
a) Groundwater
table depth map
and classes,
b) Rainfall map
and classes
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7. Geomorphology (GM)
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9. Slope (SLO)
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10. Land use/land cover (LULC)
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5.1.Multi-Criteria Analysis for Modeling Ground Water Potential
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https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/11/12/603
Weighted Overlays
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GIS-MCDA common steps
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Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)
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5.2.Identification of Suitable Site for
Surface Water Harvesting
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5.2.Identification of Suitable Site for Surface Water Harvesting(SWH)
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Conceptual framework of determining RWH suitable map
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WHY IRRIGATION?
Among the human activities altering the natural water cycle,
irrigation is the most impactful one.
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Available irrigation data
Salmon et al., 2015;
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2015.01.014)
(Nagaraj et al.,
021;https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.103910)
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Available irrigation data
• The only information available is often represented by statistical surveys at the
country (or even at a coarser) scale
• Farmers are generally reluctant to share information on irrigation doses, as
agricultural water is often paid on the basis of concessions and not on the
basis of actual consumption
• Information on irrigation practices are often collected through surveys relying
on self-declarations, which can be affected by several uncertainties
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WHY IRRIGATION?
• The only information available is
often represented by statistical
surveys at the country (or even
at a coarser) scale
• Information on irrigation
practices are often collected
through surveys relying on self-
declarations, which can be Areas equipped for irrigation, GMIA–FAO (Siebert et al., 2015)
affected by several
uncertainties
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IRRIGATION MONITORING THROUGH
SATELLITES…….
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IRRIGATION MONITORING THROUGH
SATELLITES
• How can we use satellites for monitoring irrigation?
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IRRIGATION MONITORING THROUGH
SATELLITES
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IRRIGATION MONITORING THROUGH
SATELLITES
How can we use satellites for monitoring irrigation?
Data Assimilation
Courtesy of S. Modanesi
Can be used to
optimize:
→ model parameters
→ model forcing
→ model state 31
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IRRIGATION MONITORING THROUGH
SATELLITES
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5.4. Flood inundation delineation &
Damage Assessment
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Floodplain Definitions
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Floodplain Definitions
A floodplain or bottomlands is
an area of land adjacent to a
river.
Floodplains stretch from the
banks of a river channel to the
base of the enclosing valley, and
experience flooding during
periods of high discharge.
• The soils usually consist of
clays, silts, sands, and gravels
deposited during floods
• Because of regular flooding,
floodplains frequently have
high soil-fertility since nutrients
are deposited with the flood
waters.
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What’s so Important About Floodplains
• 82% of the world’s population lives in areas with high flood risk (UNDP,
2004).
• Operations
•Flood prevention (dam and levee operations)
•Emergency management
•Facility management
• Planning
•Design
•Insurance (not everywhere)
•Emergency planning
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Principles of GIS
Floodplain
Delineation
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How to Get the Floodplain
• Observations
• Water surface elevations
• Flows
• Precipitation (rainfall, snow)
• Temperature, soil moisture, E/T, …
• Modeling (H&H)
• Precipitation-runoff
• Real-time
• Planning (design)
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Direct Observations (stage/flow)
• Traditionally through gaging
station
• Problems with sensors
during floods
• Remote sensing –
airborne/satellite
• Problem with sensors and
cloud cover, cost, timeliness
• Some new options with
UAVs
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Modeling
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Hydrologic Modeling
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Observations For Modeling (precipitation)
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Observations For Modeling (other)
Snow pack
Groundwater levels
Evaporation
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What Can GIS Do for Floodplain Modeling? –
A LOT!
• Centralized data storage
• Data preparation for multiple models
• Postprocessing of modeling results
• Integration of modeling results with other data
• Automation of operations (Map to Map)
• Mobilizing technology (once results are available):
• Emergency management
• Notifications
• Vehicle routing
• …
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Methods for GIS Floodplain Delineation
• Basic result “stack”:
• Floodplain extent polygon (the “blue blob”)
• Depth of flooding surface (usually raster)
• Water surface elevation surface (usually raster)
• The stack can have two domains:
• Temporal (for real-time analysis – e.g. what will the flood
extent be today at 16:00)
• Probabilistic (for planning – e.g. what is the 100-year return
period flood extent)
• Extended “stack” (heavily dependent on the method used):
• Velocities
• Risks
• …
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Methods for GIS Floodplain Delineation
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Floodplain Delineation Solutions Matrix -
Simplest
• “Flooding out” technique based
on DEM only.
• Derived stream centerline.
• Floodplain stack derived using
“flood out” technique for fixed or
incremental depth increase
along the stream.
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Flood Inundation
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods
Monitors flooding
worldwide
Uses data from a
combination of satellites to
produce inundation images
for larger floods
Archives available
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5.5. Land suitability and capability assessment for agriculture
Key questions?
1) What is the difference between the land suitability(LS) and capability assessment for
agriculture?
2) What are key factors used in LS analysis?
Land Suitability is always used for specific production e.g. onion production, while
Land capability is used in a broader sense, such as agriculture or urban development
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Group/Individual practical
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Suitability Mapping
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Key factors in LSA for crop
• Climatic factors?
• Soil factors? (inputs & existing )
• Slope
• Crop DGD
• Water availability ? (GWS & SWS)
• Others?
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Land Suitability Analysis (LSA)
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Point-based criteria-SA
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Field-based criteria—SA
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Structure of the suitability classification
• The framework has the same structure, i.e. recognizes the same
categories, in all of the kinds of interpretative classification.
• Each category retains its basic meaning within the context of the
different classifications and as applied to different kinds of land use.
• Four categories of decreasing generalization are recognized:
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STRUCTURE OF THE LAND SUITABILITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
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Suitability Mapping
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Recap the binary approach
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Recap the binary approach
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Recap the binary approach: vector
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Recap the binary approach: raster
To build a raster
based binary
model, use the
query statement,
[Raster 1] = 3 AND
[Raster 2] = 3, to
select three cells
(shaded) and save
them to the output
raster.
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Recap the binary approach: raster
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Further Reading
• https://www.fao.org/land-water/land/land-governance/land-
resources-planning-toolbox/category/details/en/c/1109808/
• https://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/manuals/1995-
lsrs/index.html
• http://www.innovativegis.com/basis/mapanalysis/Topic23/Topi
c23.htm
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