Registration | INSAS Webinars 4 and 11 September 2024 «Assessing soil salinity and sodicity using remote and proximal sensing data»
We are excited to invite you to the upcoming webinar “Assessing soil salinity and sodicity using remote and proximal sensing data.” This event will provide an overview of and hands-on experience on advancements and practical applications in detecting soil salinity and sodicity using remote and near-ground sensing technologies.
The discussion will encompass a variety of critical topics, including:
Day 1: Theory; 1.5 hours
- Fundamentals of soil salinity and sodicity
- Proximal sensing techniques and methods to map and monitor salinity and sodicity at the field scale
- Remote sensing technologies for detecting soil salinity
- Case studies demonstrating successful implementation of sensing technologies
- Challenges and future directions in soil salinity and sodicity monitoring
- Questions and Answers
Day 2: Hands-on training; 1.5 hour
- Overview of the hands-on training
- Remote sensing and soil salinity data overview
- Exploratory data analysis
- Remote sensing soil salinity map
- Map evaluation with cross-validation methods
- Questions and Answers
The webinar is the fifth in a series of webinars organized by the International Network of Salt-Affected Soils (INSAS) of the Global Soil Partnership, an initiative which is aimed at raising awareness on sustainable management of salt-affected soils for food security, agricultural sustainability, environmental protection, and climate change mitigation.
The webinar and hands-on training will engage leading experts, international and regional stakeholders from the public sector, partnerships, and project participants in a topic of assessing soil salinity and sodicity using remote and proximal sensing data.
The webinar will take place online on Wednesday 4 September 2024 (Theory), September 11 (Practice), 16:00-17:30 (Central European Summer Time).
Authors:
- Elia Scudiero, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
- Nan Li, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
- Todd H. Skaggs, USDA-ARS, US Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, CA, USA
- Sharon Benes, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA
- Aliasghar Montazar, University of California Cooperative Extension, Holtville, CA, USA
- Dennis L. Corwin, USDA-ARS, US Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, CA, USA
Trainer: Elia Scudiero, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Elia Scudiero bio
Elia Scudiero is an Associate Research Agronomist at the Environmental Sciences Department of the University of California in Riverside (UCR) with a joint appointment at the USDA ARS US Salinity Laboratory, also in Riverside. Before moving to Riverside, Dr. Scudiero was awarded a Ph.D. in Crop Science from the University of Padua, Italy, in 2013. Elia’s Digital Agronomy Lab uses high-resolution geospatial sensing to study soil and crop processes across scales. This research includes using near-ground and satellite sensors to map soil salinity across spatial scales in irrigated farmland. Dr. Scudiero’s research advances sustainable site-specific agriculture management practices in water-scarce and salt-affected farmland in California and globally.