Development and application of a GIS-based lake assessment andmanagement system

A GIS-based water quality assessment approach will be developed in this study, and it is based on a comparison analysis using USA, Canadian and Chinese water quality index models. The method is developed within Geographic information system?GIS? framework. It has the functionalities to manage a large amount of georeferenced input data, to run different water quality index models for a real case study, to compare and verify the water quality assessment results, and to visualize the final results within the GIS platform. The proposed approach will be applied to real lake in China supported by the Globalink Program. Water quality assessment results based on widely used index models (US-OWQI, Canada-CWQI, and China-CNWQI) will be verified with each other for the final assessment conclusions. The study results will be expected to extend the research on new effective lake assessment and management technologies.

Faculty Supervisor:

Zhi Chen

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Partner:

Huanzhong University of Science and Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

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