To achieve sustainability in groundwater supply, the potential of the groundwater aquifer should be assessed.
We developed a technique that integrates remote sensing-derived factors and advanced machine learning algorithms to evaluate aquifers' productivity potential in arid areas of the Middle East. Our findings confirm the logistic model tree's outstanding performance and deep boosting algorithms in modeling groundwater potential.
Thus, their application can be suggested for other areas to obtain an insight into groundwater-related barriers toward sustainability. Further, the outcome based on the machine learning algorithms depicts the high impact of the remote sensing-based factors, such as NDVI, distance from the river, altitude on groundwater potential.
Using remote sensing-based data is indeed a potential alternative for areas confronted with a lack of data, such as the Middle East.
(Remote Sensing, 12(17), p.2742.)
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