Curve Number Estimation for Watershed using Digital Image of IRS-1D LISS-III

Landuse/landcover classification map
The digital image (IRS-1D LISS-III) of the watershed was registered with the original satellite scene and the mask of the image was prepared. The enhancements and Histogram Equalization were applied to further processing of image. False color composite (FCC) of the scene was prepared and multispectral classification of image data was carried out applying supervised classification using ERDAS IMAGINE-8.4 software. Maximum Likelihood Classifier (MLC) algorithm was used for classification of the land use. MLC is based on the estimated Gaussian probability density functions for each of the reference classes. Overall accuracy of classification and Kappa Coefficient was found to be 86.950 % and 0.88 respectively. Maximum likelihood report for land use classification for watershed and classified output of the image is presented in Table 1 and Fig. 2 respectively.


Figure 2 Land use map of watershed

Table 1 Maximum likelihood report for land use classification for watershed
Land use/land cover classes No of pixels Area (ha) % Image
Water body 4338 229.89 2.598
Lowland paddy 68127 3610.26 40.682
Upland paddy 36125 1914.37 21.572
Fallow land 25781 1366.13 15.395
Upland crops * 9165 485.77 5.473
Settlement 4146 219.65 2.475
Mixed open forest 7712 408.72 4.605
Waste land 12053 638.63 7.179
Null 17 8873.42 0.01
* Non-paddy crops

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