Assessment of groundwater potential zones in Kuwait's semi-arid region: a hybrid approach of multi-criteria decision making, Google earth engine, and geospatial techniques.

ABSTRACT: Recently, the use and management of water resources have become a critical issue, especially in arid and semi-arid surroundings. In such areas, the importance of mapping groundwater potential zones is unmeasurable since water is a critical human resource. Focused on the semi-arid region of Kuwait, our research integrates Google Earth Engine and multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), offering a robust admission to identifying groundwater potential zones. To this end, thirteen criteria including geology, slope, rainfall, elevation, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI), Land Surface Temperature (LST), drainage density, Land Use and Land Cover (LULC), lineament density, topographic wetness index (TWI), geomorphology, and the water table were i

SUBMITTER: Atalla MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11612143 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature