Analysis of drainage morphometry and spectral indices using earth observation datasets in Palar River basin, India

Abstract In this research we analyzed the morphometric parameter of Palar River basin by using the satellite data from open sources for monitoring drainage network. Palar River basin covers 1972.27 sq.km areas with elevation of 226.9 m as highest and 38.01 m lowest above mean sea level. In this research it detected that Palar River basin having 5th order stream with drainage density of 0.40 km/km2 and drainage pattern of dendritic to rectangular. We also draw aspect map, relief map and slope map for the research area by using digital elevation model (DEM) data of 30 m resolution. In this research we also employed spectral indices like normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), normalized difference water index (NDWI), and soil adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) for the vegetation, water and soil characteristics of the research area. In this research it found that there are major changes in land use/land cover as water bodies and land during these periods of 15 years. Highly positive correlation show between morphometric parameter and spectral indices. In this research groundwater level data for the year 2005 and 2020 are used to validation the study. This research work is very useful in developing solutions for dealing with different types of drought and management of groundwater extraction plans.