Feature extraction and analysis of reclaimed vegetation in ecological restoration area of abandoned mines based on hyperspectral remote sensing images

The vegetation growth status largely represents the ecosystem function and environmental quality.Hyperspectral remote sensing data can effectively eliminate the effects of surface spectral reflectance and atmospheric scattering and directly reflect the vegetation parameter information.In this study,the abandoned mining area in the Helan Mountains,China was taken as the study area.Based on hyperspectral remote sensing images of Zhuhai No.1 hyperspectral satellite,we used the pixel dichotomy model,which was constructed using the normalized difference vegetation index(NDVI),to estimate the vegetation coverage of the study area,and evaluated the vegetation growth status by five vegetation indices(NDVI,ratio vegetation index(RVI),photochemical vegetation index(PVI),red-green ratio index(RGI),and anthocyanin reflectance index 1(ARI1)).According to the results,the reclaimed vegetation growth status in the study area can be divided into four levels(unhealthy,low healthy,healthy,and very healthy).The overall vegetation growth status in the study area was generally at low healthy level,indicating that the vegetation growth status in the study area was not good due to short-time period restoration and harsh damaged environment such as high and steep rock slopes.Furthermore,the unhealthy areas were mainly located in Dawukougou where abandoned mines were concentrated,indicating that the original mining activities have had a large effect on vegetation ecology.After ecological restoration of abandoned mines,the vegetation coverage in the study area has increased to a certain extent,but the amplitude was not large.The situation of vegetation coverage in the northern part of the study area was worse than that in the southern part,due to abandoned mines mainly concentrating in the northern part of the Helan Mountains.The combination of hyperspectral remote sensing data and vegetation indices can comprehensively extract the characteristics of vegetation,accurately analyze the plant growth status,and provide technical support for vegetation health evaluation.

Hyperspectral remote sensing identification of marine oil emulsions based on the fusion of spatial and spectral features

Marine oil spill emulsions are difficult to recover,and the damage to the environment is not easy to eliminate.The use of remote sensing to accurately identify oil spill emulsions is highly important for the protection of marine environments.However,the spectrum of oil emulsions changes due to different water content.Hyperspectral remote sensing and deep learning can use spectral and spatial information to identify different types of oil emulsions.Nonetheless,hyperspectral data can also cause information redundancy,reducing classification accuracy and efficiency,and even overfitting in machine learning models.To address these problems,an oil emulsion deep-learning identification model with spatial-spectral feature fusion is established,and feature bands that can distinguish between crude oil,seawater,water-in-oil emulsion(WO),and oil-in-water emulsion(OW)are filtered based on a standard deviation threshold–mutual information method.Using oil spill airborne hyperspectral data,we conducted identification experiments on oil emulsions in different background waters and under different spatial and temporal conditions,analyzed the transferability of the model,and explored the effects of feature band selection and spectral resolution on the identification of oil emulsions.The results show the following.(1)The standard deviation–mutual information feature selection method is able to effectively extract feature bands that can distinguish between WO,OW,oil slick,and seawater.The number of bands was reduced from 224 to 134 after feature selection on the Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer(AVIRIS)data and from 126 to 100 on the S185 data.(2)With feature selection,the overall accuracy and Kappa of the identification results for the training area are 91.80%and 0.86,respectively,improved by 2.62%and 0.04,and the overall accuracy and Kappa of the identification results for the migration area are 86.53%and 0.80,respectively,improved by 3.45%and 0.05.(3)The oil emulsion identification model has a certain degree of transferability and can effectively identify oil spill emulsions for AVIRIS data at different times and locations,with an overall accuracy of more than 80%,Kappa coefficient of more than 0.7,and F1 score of 0.75 or more for each category.(4)As the spectral resolution decreasing,the model yields different degrees of misclassification for areas with a mixed distribution of oil slick and seawater or mixed distribution of WO and OW.Based on the above experimental results,we demonstrate that the oil emulsion identification model with spatial–spectral feature fusion achieves a high accuracy rate in identifying oil emulsion using airborne hyperspectral data,and can be applied to images under different spatial and temporal conditions.Furthermore,we also elucidate the impact of factors such as spectral resolution and background water bodies on the identification process.These findings provide new reference for future endeavors in automated marine oil spill detection.

Retrieval of chlorophyll a and suspended solid concen-trations by hyperspectral remote sensing in Taihu Lake,China

Chlorophyll α（ch1-α） and suspended solid concentrations are two frequently used water quality parameters for monitoring a lake. Traditional measurement of ch1-α and suspended solids, requiring laborious laboratory work, which is often expensive and time consuming. Hyperspectral remote-sensing measurement provides a fast and easy tool for estimating water trophic status. In situ hyperspectral data on March 7-8, July 6-7, September 20 and December 7-8, 2004 and the corresponding water chemical data were used to regress the algorithm of water quality parameters. Results showed that the peak of water leaving radiance around 700 nm （R700） varied proportionally with ch1-α concentration, and moved to infrared when algal bloom occurred. The reflectance ratio of R702/R685 was well correlated with ch1-α when water surface in no algal bloom case and the correlation coefficient was better if absorption of phycocyanin was considered. The reflectance ratio R620/R531 was highly correlated to the concentration of suspended solids. The relationship between suspended solids and other band groups were also compared. Secchi disk depth could be calculated by non-linear correlation with suspended solids concentration.

Classification of hyperspectral remote sensing images based on simulated annealing genetic algorithm and multiple instance learning

A hybrid feature selection and classification strategy was proposed based on the simulated annealing genetic algonthrn and multiple instance learning （MIL）. The band selection method was proposed from subspace decomposition, which combines the simulated annealing algorithm with the genetic algorithm in choosing different cross-over and mutation probabilities, as well as mutation individuals. Then MIL was combined with image segmentation, clustering and support vector machine algorithms to classify hyperspectral image. The experimental results show that this proposed method can get high classification accuracy of 93.13% at small training samples and the weaknesses of the conventional methods are overcome.

The application of hyperspectral remote sensing to coast environment investigation

Requirements for monitoring the coastal zone environment are first summarized. Then the appli- cation of hyperspectral remote sensing to coast environment investigation is introduced, such as the classification of coast beaches and bottom matter, target recognition, mine detection, oil spill identification and ocean color remote sensing. Finally, what is needed to follow on in application of hyperspectral remote sensing to coast environment is recommended.

Progress of Geological Survey Using Airborne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data in the Gansu and Qinghai Regions

Hyperspectral remote sensing is now a frontier of the remote sensing technology. Airborne hyperspectral remote sensing data have hundreds of narrow bands to obtain complete and continuous ground-object spectra. Therefore, they can be effectively used to identify these grotmd objects which are difficult to discriminate by using wide-band data, and show much promise in geological survey. At the height of 1500 m, have 36 bands in visible to the CASI hyperspectral data near-infrared spectral range, with a spectral resolution of 19 nm and a space resolution of 0.9 m. The SASI data have 101 bands in the shortwave infrared spectral range, with a spectral resolution of 15 nm and a space resolution of 2.25 m. In 2010, China Geological Survey deployed an airborne CASI/SASI hyperspectral measurement project, and selected the Liuyuan and Fangshankou areas in the Beishan metallogenic belt of Gansu Province, and the Nachitai area of East Kunlun metallogenic belt in Qinghai Province to conduct geological survey. The work period of this project was three years.

Towards a semi-empirical model of the sea ice thickness based on hyperspectral remote sensing in the Bohai Sea

Sea ice thickness is one of the most important input parameters for the prevention and mitigation of sea ice disasters and the prediction of local sea environments and climates. Estimating the sea ice thickness is currently the most important issue in the study of sea ice remote sensing. With the Bohai Sea as the study area, a semiempirical model of the sea ice thickness（SEMSIT） that can be used to estimate the thickness of first-year ice based on existing water depth estimation models and hyperspectral remote sensing data according to an optical radiative transfer process in sea ice is proposed. In the model, the absorption and scattering properties of sea ice in different bands（spectral dimension information） are utilized. An integrated attenuation coefficient at the pixel level is estimated using the height of the reflectance peak at 1 088 nm. In addition, the surface reflectance of sea ice at the pixel level is estimated using the 1 550–1 750 nm band reflectance. The model is used to estimate the sea ice thickness with Hyperion images. The first validation results suggest that the proposed model and parameterization scheme can effectively reduce the estimation error associated with the sea ice thickness that is caused by temporal and spatial heterogeneities in the integrated attenuation coefficient and sea ice surface. A practical semi-empirical model and parameterization scheme that may be feasible for the sea ice thickness estimation using hyperspectral remote sensing data are potentially provided.

Indication of the Expression of Transgene in Rice Plant Based on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Technique Ⅱ——Growth Monitoring of Samples in the Contrast Experiment

Since the complication of monitoring and evaluating the problems about the transgenic expression and its impacts on the receptor in the transgenic crop breeding and other relevant evaluated works,the authors in the present work tried to assess the differences of spectral parameters of the transgenic rice in contrast with its parent group quantitatively and qualitatively,fulfilling the growth monitoring of the transgenic samples.The spectral parameters(spectral morphological characteristics and indices) chosen are highly related to internal or external stresses to the receipts,and thus could be applied as indicators of biophysical or biochemical processes changes of plant.By ASD portable field spectroradiometer with high-density probe,fine foliar spectra of 8 groups were obtained.By analyzing spectral angle and continuum removal,the spectral morphological differences and their locations of sample spectra were found which could be as auxiliary priori knowledge for quantitative analysis.By investigating spectral indices of the samples,the quantitative differences of spectra were revealed about foliar chlorophyll a+b and carotenoid content.In this study both the spectral differences between transgenic and parent groups and among transgenic groups were investigated.The results show that hyperspectral technique is promising and a helpful auxiliary tool in the study of monitoring the transgenic crop and other relevant researches.By this technique,quantitative and qualitative results of sample spectra could be provided as prior knowledge,as certain orientation,for laboratory professional advanced transgenic breeding study.

Optimal bandwidth selection for retrieving Cu content in rock based on hyperspectral remote sensing

Hyperspectral remote sensing technology is widely used to detect element contents because of its multiple bands,high resolution,and abundant information.Although researchers have paid considerable attention to selecting the optimal bandwidth for the hyperspectral inversion of metal element contents in rocks,the influence of bandwidth on the inversion accuracy are ignored.In this study,we collected 258 rock samples in and near the Kalatage polymetallic ore concentration area in the southwestern part of Hami City,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,China and measured the ground spectra of these samples.The original spectra were resampled with different bandwidths.A Partial Least Squares Regression(PLSR)model was used to invert Cu contents of rock samples and then the influence of different bandwidths on Cu content inversion accuracy was explored.According to the results,the PLSR model obtains the highest Cu content inversion accuracy at a bandwidth of 35 nm,with the model determination coefficient(R^(2))of 0.5907.The PLSR inversion accuracy is relatively unaffected by the bandwidth within 5-80 nm,but the accuracy decreases significantly at 85 nm bandwidth(R^(2)=0.5473),and the accuracy gradually decreased at bandwidths beyond 85 nm.Hence,bandwidth has a certain impact on the inversion accuracy of Cu content in rocks using the PLSR model.This study provides an indicator argument and theoretical basis for the future design of hyperspectral sensors for rock geochemistry.

Radiative transfer models(RTMs)for field phenotyping inversion of rice based on UAV hyperspectral remote sensing

The nondestructive and rapid acquisition of rice field phenotyping information is very important for the precision management of the rice growth process.In this research,the phenotyping information LAI(leaf area index),leaf chlorophyll content(C_(ab)),canopy water content(C_(w)),and dry matter content(C_(dm))of rice was inversed based on the hyperspectral remote sensing technology of an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV).The improved Sobol global sensitivity analysis(GSA)method was used to analyze the input parameters of the PROSAIL model in the spectral band range of 400-1100 nm,which was obtained by hyperspectral remote sensing by the UAV.The results show that C_(ab) mainly affects the spectrum on 400-780 nm band,C_(dm) on 760-1000 nm band,C_(w) on 900-1100 nm band,and LAI on the entire band.The hyperspectral data of the 400-1100 nm band of the rice canopy were acquired by using the M600 UAV remote sensing platform,and the radiance calibration was converted to the canopy emission rate.In combination with the PROSAIL model,the particle swarm optimization algorithm was used to retrieve rice phenotyping information by constructing the cost function.The results showed the following:(1)an accuracy of R^(2)=0.833 and RMSE=0.0969,where RMSE denotes root-mean-square error,was obtained for C_(ab) retrieval;R^(2)=0.816 and RMSE=0.1012 for LAI inversion;R^(2)=0.793 and RMSE=0.1084 for C_(dm);and R^(2)=0.665 and RMSE=0.1325 for C_(w).The C_(w) inversion accuracy was not particularly high.(2)The same band will be affected by multiple parameters at the same time.(3)This study adopted the rice phenotyping information inversion method to expand the rice hyperspectral information acquisition field of a UAV based on the phenotypic information retrieval accuracy using a high level of field spectral radiometric accuracy.The inversion method featured a good mechanism,high universality,and easy implementation,which can provide a reference for nondestructive and rapid inversion of rice biochemical parameters using UAV hyperspectral remote sensing.

Advances in spaceborne hyperspectral remote sensing in China

With the maturation of satellite technology,Hyperspectral Remote Sensing(HRS)platforms have developed from the initial ground-based and airborne platforms into spaceborne platforms,which greatly promotes the civil application of HRS imagery in the fields of agriculture,forestry,and environmental monitoring.China is playing an important role in this evolution,especially in recent years,with the successful launch and operation of a series of civil hyper-spectral spacecraft and satellites,including the Shenzhou-3 spacecraft,the Gaofen-5 satellite,the SPARK satellite,the Zhuhai-1 satellite network for environmental and resources monitoring,the FengYun series of satellites for meteorological observation,and the Chang’E series of spacecraft for planetary exploration.The Chinese spaceborne HRS platforms have various new characteristics,such as the wide swath width,high spatial resolution,wide spectral range,hyperspectral satellite networks,and microsatellites.This paper focuses on the recent progress in Chinese spaceborne HRS,from the aspects of the typical satellite systems,the data processing,and the applications.In addition,the future development trends of HRS in China are also discussed and analyzed.

Hyperspectral remote sensing images terrain classification in DCT SRDA subspace

Hyperspectral remote sensing images terrain classification faces the problems of high data dimensionality and lack of labeled training data, resulting in unsatisfied terrain classification efficiency. The feature extraction is required before terrain classification for preserving discriminative information and reducing data dimensionality. A hyperspectral remote sensing images feature extraction method, i.e., discrete cosine transform （DCT） spectral regression discriminant analysis （SRDA） subspace method, was presented to solve the above problems. The proposed DCT SRDA subspace method firstly takes DCT in the original spectral space and gets the DCT coefficients of each pixel spectral curve; secondly performs SRDA in the DCT coefficients space and obtains the DCT SRDA subspace. Minimum distance classifier was designed in the resulting DCT SRDA subspace to evaluate the feature extraction performance. Experiments for two real airborne visible/infrared imaging spectrometer （AVIRIS） hyperspectral images show that, comparing with spectral LDA subspace method, the proposed DCT SRDA subspace method can improve terrain classification efficiency.

Encoding Methods of Spectral Vector in Hyperspectral Romote Sensing Image

Taking into account the demands of hyperspectral remote sensing(RS) image retrieval and processing, some encoding methods of spectral vector including direct encoding, feature-based encoding and tree-based encoding methods are proposed and compared. In direct encoding, based on the analysis of binary encoding and quad-value encoding, decimal encoding is proposed. It is proved that quad-value encoding and decimal encoding are suitable to fast processing and retrieval. In absorption feature-based encoding method, five common metrics are compared. Because locations of reflection/absorption features are sensitive to noise, this method is not very effective in retrieval. In tree-based encoding methods, bitree, quadtree, octree and hextree are proposed and discussed. It is proved that 2-level octree and 2-level hextree are more effective than bitree and quadtree. Finally, quad-value encoding, decimal encoding, 2-level octree and 2-level hextree are proposed in spectral vectors encoding, similarity measure and hyperspectral RS image retrieval.

Rapid determination of leaf water content for monitoring waterlogging in winter wheat based on hyperspectral parameters

Waterlogging is becoming an obvious constraint on food production due to the frequent occurrence of extremely high-level rainfall events.Leaf water content(LWC)is an important waterlogging indicator,and hyperspectral remote sensing provides a non-destructive,real-time and reliable method to determine LWC.Thus,based on a pot experiment,winter wheat was subjected to different gradients of waterlogging stress at the jointing stage.Leaf hyperspectral data and LWC were collected every 7 days after waterlogging treatment until the winter wheat was mature.Combined with methods such as vegetation index construction,correlation analysis,regression analysis,BP neural network(BPNN),etc.,we found that the effect of waterlogging stress on LWC had the characteristics of hysteresis and all waterlogging stress led to the decrease of LWC.LWC decreased faster under severe stress than under slight stress,but the effect of long-term slight stress was greater than that of short-term severe stress.The sensitive spectral bands of LWC were located in the visible(VIS,400–780 nm)and short-wave infrared(SWIR,1400–2500 nm)regions.The BPNN Model with the original spectrum at 648 nm,the first derivative spectrum at 500 nm,the red edge position(λr),the new vegetation index RVI(437,466),NDVI(437,466)and NDVI´(747,1956)as independent variables was the best model for inverting the LWC of waterlogging in winter wheat(modeling set:R^(2)=0.889,RMSE=0.138;validation set:R^(2)=0.891,RMSE=0.518).These results have important theoretical significance and practical application value for the precise control of waterlogging stress.

Feature extraction for target identification and image classification of OMIS hyperspectral image

In order to combine feature extraction operations with specific hyperspectral remote sensing information processing objectives,two aspects of feature extraction were explored. Based on clustering and decision tree algorithm,spectral absorption index (SAI),continuum-removal and derivative spectral analysis were employed to discover characterized spectral features of different targets,and decision trees for identifying a specific class and discriminating different classes were generated. By combining support vector machine (SVM) classifier with different feature extraction strategies including principal component analysis (PCA),minimum noise fraction (MNF),grouping PCA,and derivate spectral analysis,the performance of feature extraction approaches in classification was evaluated. The results show that feature extraction by PCA and derivate spectral analysis are effective to OMIS (operational modular imaging spectrometer) image classification using SVM,and SVM outperforms traditional SAM and MLC classifiers for OMIS data.

Research into a Feature Selection Method for Hyperspectral Imagery Using PSO and SVM

Classification and recognition of hyperspectral remote sensing images is not the same as that of conventional multi-spectral remote sensing images. We propose,a novel feature selection and classification method for hyperspectral images by combining the global optimization ability of particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and the superior classification performance of a support vector machine (SVM). Global optimal search performance of PSO is improved by using a chaotic optimization search technique. Granularity based grid search strategy is used to optimize the SVM model parameters. Parameter optimization and classification of the SVM are addressed using the training date corre-sponding to the feature subset. A false classification rate is adopted as a fitness function. Tests of feature selection and classification are carried out on a hyperspectral data set. Classification performances are also compared among different feature extraction methods commonly used today. Results indicate that this hybrid method has a higher classification accuracy and can effectively extract optimal bands. A feasible approach is provided for feature selection and classifica-tion of hyperspectral image data.

Estimating Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation of Corn with Vegetation Indices and Neural Network from Hyperspectral Data

The fraction of photosynthetically active radiation （FPAR） is a key variable in the assessment of vegetation productivity and land ecosystem carbon cycles. Based on ground-measured corn hyperspectral reflectance and FPAR data over Northeast China, the correlations between corn-canopy FPAR and hyperspectral reflectance were analyzed, and the FPAR estimation performances using vegetation index （VI） and neural network （NN） methods with different two-band-combination hyperspectral reflectance were investigated. The results indicated that the corn-canopy FPAR retained almost a constant value in an entire day. The negative correlations between FPAR and visible and shortwave infrared reflectance （SWIR） bands are stronger than the positive correlations between FPAR and near-infrared band re- flectance （NIR）. For the six VIs, the normalized difference vegetation index （NDVI） and simple ratio （SR） performed best for estimating corn FPAR （the maximum R2 of 0.8849 and 0.8852, respectively）. However, the NN method esti- mated results （the maximum Rz is 0.9417） were obviously better than all of the VIs. For NN method, the two-band combinations showing the best corn FPAR estimation performances were from the NIR and visible bands; for VIs, however, they were from the SWIR and NIR bands. As for both the methods, the SWIR band performed exceptionally well for corn FPAR estimation. This may be attributable to the fact that the reflectance of the SWIR band were strongly controlled by leaf water content, which is a key component of corn photosynthesis and greatly affects the absorption of photosynthetically active radiation （APAR）, and makes further impact on corn-canopy FPAR.

Hyperspectral Reflectance Characteristics of Cyanobacteria

Potentially harmful cyanobacterial blooms are an emerging environmental concern in freshwater bodies worldwide. Cyanobacterial blooms are generally caused by high nutrient inputs and warm, still waters and have been appearing with increasing frequency in water bodies used for drinking water supply and recreation, a problem which will likely worsen with a warming climate. Cyanobacterial blooms are composed of genera with known biological pigments and can be distinguished and analyzed via hyperspectral image collection technology such as remote sensing by satellites, airplanes, and drones. Here, we utilize hyperspectral microscopy and imaging spectroscopy to characterize and differentiate several important bloom-forming cyanobacteria genera obtained in the field during active research programs conducted by US Geological Survey and from commercial sources. Many of the cyanobacteria genera showed differences in their spectra that may be used to identify and predict their occurrence, including peaks and valleys in spectral reflectance. Because certain cyanobacteria, such as Cylindrospermum or Dolichospermum, are more prone to produce cyanotoxins than others, the ability to differentiate these species may help target high priority waterbodies for sampling. These spectra may also be used to prioritize restoration and research efforts to control cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) and improve water quality for aquatic life and humans alike.

Hyperspectral Inversion and Analysis of Zinc Concentration in Urban Soil in the Urumqi City of China

Excessive accumulation of zinc(Zn)in urban soil can lead to environmental pollution and pose a potential threat to human health and the ecosystem.How to quickly and accurately monitor the urban soil zinc content on a large scale in real time and dynamically is crucial.Hyperspectral remote sensing technology provides a new method for rapid and nondestructive soil property detection.The main goal of this study is to find an optimal combination of spectral transformation and a hyperspectral estimation model to predict the Zn content in urban soil.A total of 88 soil samples were collected to obtain the Zn contents and related hyperspectral data,and perform 18 transformations on the original spectral data.Then,select important wavelengths by Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis(PCC)and CARS.Finally,establish a partial least squares regression model(PLSR)and random forest regression model(RFR)with soil Zn content and important wavelengths.The results indicated that the average Zn content of the collected soil samples is 60.88 mg/kg.Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis(PCC)and CARS for the original and transformed wavelengths can effectively improve the correlations between the spectral data and soil Zn content.The number of important wavelengths selected by CARS is less than the important wavelengths selected by PCC.Partial least squares regression model based on first-order differentiation of the reciprocal by CARS(CARS-RTFD-PLSR)is more stable 2 and has the highest prediction ability(R=0.937,RMSE=8.914,MAE=2.735,RPD=3.985).The CARS-RTFD-PLSR method can be used as a means of prediction of Zn content in soil in oasis cities.The results of the study can provide technical support for the hyperspectral estimation of the soil Zn content.

Spatio-temporal assessment of soil salinization utilizing remote sensing derivatives,and prediction modeling:Implications for sustainable development

This study aims to investigate the combined use of multi-sensor datasets(Landsat 4–5&8 OLI satellite imagery,spatial resolution=30 m)coupled with field studies to evaluate spatio-temporal dynamics of soil salinization along the coastal belt in West Bengal,India.This study assesses soil salinization by mapping the salinity and electrical conductivity of saturation extract(ECe)and utilizing spectral signatures for estimating soil salinity.The SI change(%)was analyzed(2021–1995),categorizing increases in salinity levels into 5%,10%,and 50%changes possibly due to salt encrustation on the soil layers.The land use land cover(LULC)change map(2021–1995)demonstrates that the study area is continuously evolving in terms of urbanization.Moreover,in the study area,soil salinity ranges from 0.03 ppt to 3.87 ppt,and ECe varies from 0.35 dSm^(-1)to 52.85 dSm^(-1).Additionally,vulnerable saline soil locations were further identified.Classification of soil salinity based on ECe reveals that 26%of samples fall into the nonsaline category,while the rest belong to the saline category.The Spectral signatures of the soil samples(n=19)acquired from FieldSpec hand spectrometer show significant absorption features around 1400,1900,and 2250 nm and indicate salt minerals.The results of reflectance spectroscopy were crossvalidated using X-ray fluorescence and scanning electron microscopy.This study also employed partial least square regression(PLSR)approach to predict ECe(r^(2)=0.79,RMSE=3.29)and salinity parameters(r^(2)=0.75,RMSE=0.51),suggesting PLSR applicability in monitoring salt-affected soils globally.This study’s conclusion emphasizes that remote sensing data and multivariate analysis can be crucial tools for mapping spatial variations and predicting soil salinity.It has also been concluded that saline groundwater used for irrigation and aqua-cultural activities exacerbates soil salinization.The study will help policymakers/farmers identify the salt degradation problem more effectively and adopt immediate mitigation measures.