Results

An information system integrating remote sensing, in-situ and GIS data for water use efficiency and decision making in the northern Sinai Peninsula (Egypt).

NARSS has developed an information system integrating remote sensing, in-situ and GIS data for water use efficiency and decision making in the northern Sinai Peninsula (Egypt). The Geographic Information System selected a topographic map of the north Sinai, scale 1:50000, as base map, which has been overlayed with the following thematic layers: soils, geomorphology, geology, hydrogeology, land cover and land use, water resources, mineral resources, energy, climatological data, socio economic data, tourist and human resources. The remote sensing data necessary for building the database has been obtained from Landsat images corrected in an appropriate way and also using the High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT) receiving station of the partner. 

Among the main results that can be extracted from the carried out work one has that El-Arish area needs supplementary irrigation rather than Rafah area during growing season from January to May. On the other hand, Rafah area needs supplementary irrigation rather than El-Arish during growing season from October to December.