TY  - JOUR
A1  - Özcan, Orkan
A1  - Bookhagen, Bodo
A1  - Musaoglu, Nebiye
T1  - Impact of the Ataturk Dam Lake on Agro-Meteorological Aspects of the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
T2  - Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
N2  - In this study, the spatial and temporal impacts of the Ataturk Dam on agro-meteorological aspects of the Southeastern Anatolia region have been investigated. Change detection and environmental impacts due to water-reserve changes in Ataturk Dam Lake have been determined and evaluated using multi-temporal Landsat satellite imageries and meteorological datasets within a period of 1984-2011. These time series have been evaluated for three time periods. Dam construction period constitutes the first part of the study. Land cover/use changes especially on agricultural fields under the Ataturk Dam Lake and its vicinity have been identified between the periods of 1984-1992. The second period comprises the 10-year period after the completion of filling up the reservoir in 1992. At this period, Landsat and meteorological time-series analyses are examined to assess the impact of the Ataturk Dam Lake on selected irrigated agricultural areas. For the last 9-year period from 2002 to 2011, the relationships between seasonal water-reserve changes and irrigated plains under changing climatic factors primarily driving vegetation activity (monthly, seasonal, and annual fluctuations of rainfall rate, air temperature, humidity) on the watershed have been investigated using a 30-year meteorological time series. The results showed that approximately 368 km(2) of agricultural fields have been affected because of inundation due to the Ataturk Dam Lake. However, irrigated agricultural fields have been increased by 56.3% of the total area (1552 of 2756 km(2)) on Harran Plain within the period of 1984-2011.
KW  - Ataturk Dam Lake
KW  - Harran Plain
KW  - Landsat time-series
KW  - Tasseled Cap transformation
KW  - Disturbance index
Y1  - 2018
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/53382
SN  - 0255-660X
SN  - 0974-3006
VL  - 46
IS  - 3
SP  - 471
EP  - 481
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -