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Application of remote sensing techniques toward the role of traditional water bodies with respect to vegetation conditions

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  • Ram Avtar
  • Srikantha Herath
  • Osamu Saito
  • Weena Gera
  • Gulab Singh
  • Binaya Mishra
  • Kazuhiko Takeuchi

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Sri Lanka being an agrarian country, the role of water is important for agricultural production. In Sri Lanka, various tank cascade systems, earthen dams and distribution canals have been accepted as few of the most complex ancient traditional water systems of the world. Rainfall, surface water, groundwater and runoff are linked with each other, they have close interactions to land cover classes such as forests and agriculture. The monitoring of vegetation conditions can show subsurface manifestations of groundwater. In this study, an effort to understand the role of traditional water reservoirs and groundwater recharge was made using remote sensing techniques. We have analyzed various vegetation indices such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI-2), Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), tasselled cap transformation analysis (TCA brightness, greenness and wetness) and their relations with the existence of soil, vegetation and water. Result shows that EVI, SAVI, and TCA-based Greenness Index indicates good relationship with the vegetation conditions as compared to other indices. Therefore, these indices could play a crucial role in depicting the interaction between soil, vegetation, and water. However, multi-temporal observations can provide significant results about these interactions more accurately. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • Ram Avtar & Srikantha Herath & Osamu Saito & Weena Gera & Gulab Singh & Binaya Mishra & Kazuhiko Takeuchi, 2014. "Application of remote sensing techniques toward the role of traditional water bodies with respect to vegetation conditions," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 16(5), pages 995-1011, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:16:y:2014:i:5:p:995-1011
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-013-9507-4
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    1. Sakthivadivel, R. & Fernando, N. & Panabokke, C. R. & Wijayaratna, C. M., 1996. "Nature of small tank cascade systems and a framework for rehabilitation of tanks within them," IWMI Books, Reports H018073, International Water Management Institute.
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