AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 4 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW-2007-4_2_07
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Presentation of a Hydrological Approach for the Assessment of Surface Runoff through Remote Sensing

Rachid Mansouri1 Hammar Yahia1 Uwe Tröger1
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1 CLGCH Guelma, Université de Guelma, Bp 401 Guelma 24000, Algeria
AJWEP 2007, 4(2), 43–47; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW-2007-4_2_07
Submitted: 8 June 2006 | Accepted: 21 January 2007 | Published: 1 January 2007
© 2007 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

In this study a physically based hydrological model coupled with the SCS curve number method is presented to assess the runoff changes due to land-use changes. In order to approach a reasonable result in hydrologic modelling, satellite-based remote technologies are used to extract land surface parameters. For known rainfall event, future changes in land use can also be incorporated in the model once digital database is available and the change in runoff hydrographs can be estimated. The study clearly demonstrates that the integration of spatial data and the application of a physically based model in a remote sensing environment provide a powerful tool for the assessment of an effect due to land-use change.

Keywords
Runoff hydrographs
land-use changes
urbanization
remote sensing
hydrological model
SCS curve number
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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