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Comparing different remote sensing based methods for mapping post - Soviet abandon ed cropland in Central Asia
The surging demand of the former Soviet Union to become independent of cotton imports and to satisfy demands for its fast growing population has been met by immense increases of domestic production. This succeeded, but ...
Combining remote sensing and modeling approaches to assess soil salinity in irrigated areas of the Aral Sea Basin
Accurate assessment of the soil salinization is an important step for mitigation of agricultural land degradation. Remote sensing (RS) is widely used for salinity assessment, but knowledge on prediction precision is lacking. ...
Reducing topsoil salinity and raising carbon stocks through afforestation in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
Agricultural mismanagement of irrigated drylands results in severe soil degradation Afforestation is an option for ameliorating such degraded land We evaluated the impact afforestation has on the topsoil (0-20 cm) of ...