Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images
The declining water level in Lake Urmia has become a significant issue for Iranian policy and decision makers. This lake has been experiencing an abrupt decrease in water level and is at real risk of becoming a complete saline land. Because of its position, assessment of changes in the Lake Urmia is...
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| author | Nhu, Viet Ha Mohammadi, Ayub Shahabi, Himan Shirzadi, Ataollah Al-Ansari, Nadhir Ahmad, Baharin Chen, Wei Khodadadi, Masood Ahmadi, Mehdi Khosravi, Khabat Jaafari, Abolfazl Nguyen, Hoang |
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| description | The declining water level in Lake Urmia has become a significant issue for Iranian policy and decision makers. This lake has been experiencing an abrupt decrease in water level and is at real risk of becoming a complete saline land. Because of its position, assessment of changes in the Lake Urmia is essential. This study aims to evaluate changes in the water level of Lake Urmia using the space-borne remote sensing and GIS techniques. Therefore, multispectral Landsat 7 ETM+ images for the years 2000, 2010, and 2017 were acquired. In addition, precipitation and temperature data for 31 years between 1986 and 2017 were collected for further analysis. Results indicate that the increased temperature (by 19%), decreased rainfall of about 62%, and excessive damming in the Urmia Basin along with mismanagement of water resources are the key factors in the declining water level of Lake Urmia. Furthermore, the current research predicts the potential environmental crisis as the result of the lake shrinking and suggests a few possible alternatives. The insights provided by this study can be beneficial for environmentalists and related organizations working on this and similar topics. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-932252021-11-19T03:29:45Z http://eprints.utm.my/93225/ Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images Nhu, Viet Ha Mohammadi, Ayub Shahabi, Himan Shirzadi, Ataollah Al-Ansari, Nadhir Ahmad, Baharin Chen, Wei Khodadadi, Masood Ahmadi, Mehdi Khosravi, Khabat Jaafari, Abolfazl Nguyen, Hoang NA Architecture The declining water level in Lake Urmia has become a significant issue for Iranian policy and decision makers. This lake has been experiencing an abrupt decrease in water level and is at real risk of becoming a complete saline land. Because of its position, assessment of changes in the Lake Urmia is essential. This study aims to evaluate changes in the water level of Lake Urmia using the space-borne remote sensing and GIS techniques. Therefore, multispectral Landsat 7 ETM+ images for the years 2000, 2010, and 2017 were acquired. In addition, precipitation and temperature data for 31 years between 1986 and 2017 were collected for further analysis. Results indicate that the increased temperature (by 19%), decreased rainfall of about 62%, and excessive damming in the Urmia Basin along with mismanagement of water resources are the key factors in the declining water level of Lake Urmia. Furthermore, the current research predicts the potential environmental crisis as the result of the lake shrinking and suggests a few possible alternatives. The insights provided by this study can be beneficial for environmentalists and related organizations working on this and similar topics. MDPI 2020-06-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/93225/1/BaharinAhmad2020_MonitoringandAssessmentofWaterLevelFluctuations.pdf Nhu, Viet Ha and Mohammadi, Ayub and Shahabi, Himan and Shirzadi, Ataollah and Al-Ansari, Nadhir and Ahmad, Baharin and Chen, Wei and Khodadadi, Masood and Ahmadi, Mehdi and Khosravi, Khabat and Jaafari, Abolfazl and Nguyen, Hoang (2020) Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (12). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1661-7827 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124210 DOI:10.3390/ijerph17124210 |
| spellingShingle | NA Architecture Nhu, Viet Ha Mohammadi, Ayub Shahabi, Himan Shirzadi, Ataollah Al-Ansari, Nadhir Ahmad, Baharin Chen, Wei Khodadadi, Masood Ahmadi, Mehdi Khosravi, Khabat Jaafari, Abolfazl Nguyen, Hoang Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images |
| title | Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images |
| title_full | Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images |
| title_short | Monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the Lake Urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 ETM+ images |
| title_sort | monitoring and assessment of water level fluctuations of the lake urmia and its environmental consequences using multitemporal landsat 7 etm images |
| topic | NA Architecture |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/93225/1/BaharinAhmad2020_MonitoringandAssessmentofWaterLevelFluctuations.pdf |
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