Title of article
Drought Risk Assessment In Iraq Using Remote Sensing And GIS Techniques
Author/Authors
AL-Timimi, Yaseen K. University of AL-Mustansiriyah - College of Science - Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Iraq , George, Loay E. Baghdad University - College of Science - Department of Computer Science, Iraq , AL-Jiboori, Monim H. Al- Mustansiriya University - College of Sciences - Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Iraq
From page
1078
To page
1082
Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the drought levels in Iraq using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. Meteorological and Agricultural droughts were calculated based on Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Anomaly of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), respectively. The drought risk maps were prepared by calculating the classes frequency of droughts. Finally, a resultant risk map was obtained by integrating agriculture and meteorological drought risk maps. The results indicated that 14.4% area has Slight drought, 61.6% area face moderate risk, 23.2% area face severe risk and 0.8% area face very severe risk within the study area. It was evident from the study that northwest of Iraq is more prone to drought
Keywords
Agricultural drought , Meteorological drought , NDVI , Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)
Journal title
Iraqi Journal Of Science
Journal title
Iraqi Journal Of Science
Record number
2711280
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