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A Geographic Information System‐based site selection experience for the construction of a geomagnetic observatory in Kerman Province, Iran
Author(s) -
Izadi Yazdanabadi Marjan,
Hojat Azadeh,
Ranjbar Hojjatollah,
Karimi Nasab Saeed
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
geophysical prospecting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.735
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1365-2478
pISSN - 0016-8025
DOI - 10.1111/1365-2478.12568
Subject(s) - earth's magnetic field , site selection , observatory , ranking (information retrieval) , selection (genetic algorithm) , geology , remote sensing , consistency (knowledge bases) , geography , computer science , information retrieval , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics , magnetic field , political science , astrophysics , law
In recent years, the necessity of constructing new geomagnetic observatories in Iran has been discussed from various aspects. Improper site selection of such important data centres can significantly affect the quality of their recorded data. In this research, site selection studies were performed to find the most favourable location to construct a geomagnetic observatory in Kerman Province, southeast of Iran. Having defined 11 site selection criteria for geomagnetic observatories, all the data layers were prepared for the whole province. After detection of seven promising regions using analytical hierarchy process and fuzzy logic method in geographical information system, Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution was used for ranking of the suitable areas. The most favourable region was finally detected southwest of Kerman Province, located between the cities of Baft and Sirjan. Detailed land surveys can be focused in this region to decide on the optimum area for the construction of the geomagnetic observatory.