5. Soil Salinity Mapping Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Images in Agricultural Fields of Syrdarya Province of Uzbekistan

Almost 50% of the irrigated lands of Central Asia are affected by different levels of salinity. In extreme cases, the most severely affected lands are abandoned, while moderately saline lands produce low crop yields. Rehabilitation of the saline lands could have significant implications on productivity of irrigated lands as well as positive impacts on the environment. The assessment of the trend and the scale of salinity are crucial element in the development of a remediation/rehabilitation strategy. The traditional approach for soil salinity mapping is extremely costly and has low level of precision. The chapter discusses the approach in developing the soil salinity maps by analysis of vegetation stress from multi-temporal remote sensing data for irrigated areas.