Table 2 The input data, spatial accuracy, and sources used in this study.

From: Assessment of groundwater potential zones in Kuwait’s semi-arid region: a hybrid approach of multi-criteria decision making, Google earth engine, and geospatial techniques

No.

Input data

Scale and spatial accuracy

Type of extracted data

Original Format Sources

Source

1

Geologic Data

1:10000

Geological map, Lineaments map

Vector

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait − 199830

2

Geomorphology Data

1:10000

Geomorphology Units map

Vector

3

Groundwater fields

Groundwater wells

1:10000

Groundwater fields map

Vector

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait − 201030

4

DEM (m)

ALOS PALSAR Terrain (Grid)

 12.5 m

Slope, Aspect, Elevation, Hill shade, Curvature, Flow Direction, Flow Accumulation, Drainage Basins, Drainage Networks, and Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) maps

Raster

https://www.search.asf.alaska.edu29

5

Meteorological Data

Climate Data (2000–2022)

NA

Kuwait climatic conditions

CSV - text

https://www.power.larc.nasa.gov/data-access-viewer64

6

CHRS CCSCDR data

4 km

Yearly Rainfall Data (2000–2022)

Raster

https://www.chrsdata.eng.uci.edu/65

7

Satellite Imageries

Land Sat 8-Oli (2018)

30 m

15 m

Normalize Difference Water Index (NDWI), Land Surface Temperature (LST) Utilizing GEE, AND Soil Moisture Index

Raster

USGS – Earth Explorer Website. https://www.earthexplorer.usgs.gov66

8

Sentinel 2b (2021)

20 m

10 m

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Utilizing GEE and Sentinel-2 Land Use/Land Cover map produced by Esri (https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d3da5dd386d140cf93fc9ecbf8da5e31)

Raster

https://www.sentinel.esa.int/67

9

Groundwater data

1:10000

Ground-water level and total dissolved solids maps

Raster

31

10

Published Works

Papers, Reports

NA

 

Documents

NA