Analysis of seasonal characteristics of Sambhar salt lake, India, from digitized space shuttle photography
Titel:
Analysis of seasonal characteristics of Sambhar salt lake, India, from digitized space shuttle photography
Auteur:
Lulla, Kamlesh P. Helfert, Michael R.
Verschenen in:
Geocarto international
Paginering:
Jaargang 4 (1989) nr. 1 pagina's 69-74
Jaar:
1989-03
Inhoud:
Sambhar Salt Lake is the largest salt lake (230 sq km) in India, situated in the northwest near Jaipur. Analysis of Space Shuttle photographs of this ephemeral lake reveals that water levels and lake basin land-use information can be extracted by both the digital and manual analysis techniques. Seasonal characteristics captured by the two Shuttle photos used in this study show that additional land use/cover categories can be mapped from the dry season photos' This additional information is essential for precise cartographic updates, andprovides seasonal hydrologic profiles and inputs for potential mesoscale climate modeling. This paper extends the digitization and mensuration techniques originally developed for space photography and applied to other regions (e.g., Lake Chad, Africa, and Great Salt Lake, USA).
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