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Appraising the Accuracy of Multi-Class Frequency Ratio and Weights of Evidence Method for Delineation of Regional Groundwater Potential Zones in Canal Command System

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A comparative study of probabilistic frequency ratio (FR) and weights of evidence (WofE) method is performed for delineation of regional groundwater potential zones (GPZ) in canal command system. In the present case study, delineation of GPZ in the Hirakud agricultural command area of Odisha, India. Field discharge data from borewells are utilized for the analysis along with remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) techniques. Various influencing attributes responsible for occurrence and movement of groundwater, e.g., land use / land cover, soil type, groundwater depth, geology, elevation, geomorphology, slope, recharge rate, rainfall, normalized difference vegetation index, drainage density, crop intensity are integrated by using GIS platform. Model results from FR and WofE show similar trends. The middle portion of the study area covers the ‘Good’ GPZ. Sensitivity analyses are performed for FR and WofE methods.

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This work would not have been possible without the necessary data support provided by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB).

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  1. School of Water Resources, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

    Satiprasad Sahoo

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, WB, 721302, India

    Selva Balaji Munusamy & Anirban Dhar

  3. Central Ground Water Board, Bhujal Bhawan, Faridabad, Haryana, India

    Amlanjyoti Kar

  4. Department of Science & Technology, Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, India

    Prahlad Ram

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Sahoo, S., Munusamy, S.B., Dhar, A. et al. Appraising the Accuracy of Multi-Class Frequency Ratio and Weights of Evidence Method for Delineation of Regional Groundwater Potential Zones in Canal Command System. Water Resour Manage 31, 4399–4413 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1754-y

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