Using remote sensing techniques to evaluate lining efficacy of watercourses

Sakthivadivel, R.; Amarasinghe, U. A.; Thiruvengadachari, S. 2001. Using remote sensing techniques to evaluate lining efficacy of watercourses. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 29p. (IWMI Research Report 046)

Studies the low-cost alternative strategy of selective lining of watercourses to reduce seepage and increase irrigated areas in the Indian subcontinent. Satellite remote-sensing (SRS) is seen as a cost-effective evaluation tool in view of its large area of synoptic and repetitive coverage.