Abstract
The article presents a review of the world scientific literature in the area of existing methods for predicting and controlling soil erosion. The literature analysis carried out showed that the vast majority of publications are aimed at spatio-temporal justification of wind erosion in desert and semi-desert regions. Currently, the following types of studies of this problem are common in the world: visual assessment, microlevelling, photogrammetric, Cs137 and remote sensing modeling methods. A brief description of each method, advantages and disadvantages, as well as conditions and limitations of use are given. When choosing a particular method, it is necessary to take into account the monitoring conditions, the area of the territory under consideration and the scale of the study, time frame, financial and labor resources. Considering the significant area of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a significant number of places subject to wind erosion, remote sensing is recommended as a relevant, economically feasible and promising method. This method allows monitoring on various scales, not only assessing erosion activity, but also predicting it, thereby providing information for making correct, prompt and timely economic decisions aimed at combating wind erosion and eliminating the consequences, as well as organizing preventive events. To improve the effectiveness of this method, it is necessary to create a database, collect and expand information about the soil, which will allow checking, clarifying, processing and calibrating satellite data.