Soil salinity assessment of a natural pasture using remote sensing techniques in central Anatolia, Turkey.

ABSTRACT: Soil salinity is a major land degradation process reducing biological productivity in arid and semi-arid regions. Therefore, its effective monitoring and management is inevitable. Recent developments in remote sensing technology have made it possible to accurately identify and effectively monitor soil salinity. Hence, this study determined salinity levels of surface soils in 2650 ha agricultural and natural pastureland located in an arid region of central Anatolia, Turkey. The relationship between electrical conductivity (EC) values of 145 soil samples and the dataset created using Landsat 5 TM satellite image was investigated. Remote sensing dataset for 23 variables, including visible, near infrared (NIR) and short-wave infrared (SWIR) spectral ranges, salinity, and vegetation indices wer

SUBMITTER: Kılıc OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9015142 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature