In a second step, these images (in this case sabkha-dune ecosystems in south-eastern Qatar ) are loaded into a GIS (Geographical Information System)-program (ArcView 3.2) and analysed for reflectance values, correlated with the values for known sabkha areas, that were taken during earlier ...
1 Location map of Qatar and a regional map (inset) 123 67 Page 4 of 11 Model. Earth Syst. Environ. (2016) 2:67 Fig. 2 Surface geology of Qatar carbonate aquifers resulted from dissolution of limestone. As a result, hydraulic properties are highly heterogeneous. Groundwater occurs as ...
The conclusions are drawn based on the results of an analysis of spatial layout using a GIS as a tool to map and empirically measure each indicator. The framework is validated using a major land reclamation project, West Bay, in the coastal urban area of Doha in Qatar. The results ...