TY - GEN
T1 - CHANGES in WATER SURFACE AREA during the PAST 30 YEARS in A RAMSAR WETLAND in DURANGO, MEXICO USING LANDSAT DATA
AU - Sandoval, Sarahi
AU - Escobar-Flores, Jonathan G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/9/26
Y1 - 2020/9/26
N2 - Wetlands are very important ecosystems, since they provide flood protection and pollutant dilution services, and harbor important habitats for birds and other wildlife. Monitoring their water surface area is therefore important for understanding a wetland area's hydrological processes and for managing its water resources. The aim of this study were to analyze changes in the area of the perennial water body of the Laguna de Santiaguillo wetland, Durango, over time using GIS and remote sensing techniques, and to analyze whether there is a correlation between the wetland area and environmental variables such as temperature and humidity. The wetland nearly dried up completely in 2000, because during the preceding 10 years there had been almost no rain in the microbasins that provide water to La Laguna. In the last two years the water body has increased to 85.10 km2. No significant correlation was found between variation in area of the wetland and changes in temperature or humidity. This may be due to management of the water resource, which is carried out by opening floodgates to meet the needs of the agricultural sector during periods of drought.
AB - Wetlands are very important ecosystems, since they provide flood protection and pollutant dilution services, and harbor important habitats for birds and other wildlife. Monitoring their water surface area is therefore important for understanding a wetland area's hydrological processes and for managing its water resources. The aim of this study were to analyze changes in the area of the perennial water body of the Laguna de Santiaguillo wetland, Durango, over time using GIS and remote sensing techniques, and to analyze whether there is a correlation between the wetland area and environmental variables such as temperature and humidity. The wetland nearly dried up completely in 2000, because during the preceding 10 years there had been almost no rain in the microbasins that provide water to La Laguna. In the last two years the water body has increased to 85.10 km2. No significant correlation was found between variation in area of the wetland and changes in temperature or humidity. This may be due to management of the water resource, which is carried out by opening floodgates to meet the needs of the agricultural sector during periods of drought.
KW - Climate change
KW - Laguna de Santiaguillo Mexico
KW - Landsat data
KW - Ramsar wetland
KW - surface water
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101999415&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323537
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323537
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85101999415
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 5093
EP - 5095
BT - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2020
Y2 - 26 September 2020 through 2 October 2020
ER -
