Evaluation of flood potential of Ardabil plain using fuzzy models and satellite images

Ardebil plain is one of the flood points that requires the understanding of the flood potential. In this study, the flooding potential of Ardebil plain was performed using environmental parameters, observations of flood points and lack of floods and prediction algorithms were made including random forest and logistics regression. Independent parameters include DEM, Slope, Aspect, Distance from waterway, distance from dam, runoff accumulation, land use, landforms and indexes Topographic Position Index (TPI), Modified Catchment Area (MCA), Terrain Ruggedness Index (TRI), Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) and Stream Power Index (SPI) Indices. The Roc-AUC assessment results showed that the RF and LR model were validated by 0.99 and 0.98, and it shows that random forest models and logistics regression have the ability to predict and prepare a flood sensitivity map in Ardebil plain. The output of parameters effective in flooding showed that the marginal areas located around the central plain of Ardabil have less flood-flooding potential than the central areas. The results also showed that by moving from the southwest of the plain to its northeast, the grade of floods increased. This increase in flooding potential around the main drainage of the plain is greater than elsewhere.