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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 103-114.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.277

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Prediction of soil salinity based on machine learning and multispectral remote sensing in Yinchuan Plain

WEI Huimin1(),JIA Keli1(),ZHANG Xu1,ZHANG Junhua2   

  1. 1. College of Geographical Sciences and Planning, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, China
    2. Breeding Base for State Key Laboratory of Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration in Northwestern China, School of Ecology and Environment, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, Ningxia, China
  • Received:2022-06-11 Revised:2022-07-17 Online:2023-01-25 Published:2023-02-21

Abstract:

Soil salinization can hinder agricultural development. In this study, the degree of regional soil salinization was obtained to provide a theoretical reference for improving agricultural land quality. Using Yinchuan Plain of China as the study area with a grid size of 5 km×5 km, the soil salinity data of 166 sampling points at different depths were obtained. Combined with the Landsat 8 OLI image corresponding to the sampling time, the salt influence factor and salt index were used as input parameters, respectively, and soil salinity at field sampling points was used as output layer parameters. Support vector machine, back propagation neural network, and Bayesian neural network (BNN) were established as soil salinity inversion models. The determination coefficient and root mean square error of the different models were compared to screen the best model. Finally, soil salinization inversion at different depths was performed in the study area. The following results were obtained: (1) In the 0-20 cm soil salinity inversion model, the BNN model based on the influence factor variable group of salinization was the best, with a coefficient of determination (R2) and root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.618 and 2.986, respectively; the best inversion result of 20-40 cm soil salinity was the BNN model based on the salt index variable group (R2=0.651; RMSE=1.947); the comparative analysis of the modeling and verification effects of different variables of the selected algorithms revealed that the BNN model was the best inversion model with a better fitting degree than the other two models, and the introduction of a neural network had certain advantages in the model construction. (2) Non-salinized and mildly salinized soils were the main soil types in Yinchuan Plain. Soil salinization showed a low trend in the south and a high trend in the north. The 20-40 cm soil salinization was found to be lighter than the 0-20 cm soil salinization.

Key words: machine learning, soil salinity prediction, Bayesian neural network, Yinchuan Plain