2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

September 26 - October 2, 2020 • Virtual Symposium

2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

September 26 - October 2, 2020 • Virtual Symposium

WE2.R10: Remote Sensing for Forest and Vegetation Structure, Health and Growth II

Wed, 30 Sep, 14:30 - 16:30 (UTC)
Wed, 30 Sep, 22:30 - 00:30 China Standard Time (UTC +8)
Wed, 30 Sep, 16:30 - 18:30 Central Europe Summer Time (UTC +2)
Wed, 30 Sep, 07:30 - 09:30 Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7)
Session Co-Chairs: Aditya Singh, University of Florida and Naira Pinto, NASA JPL
Session Managers: Shashank S. Joshil and Narayana Rao Bhogapurapu
Track: Land Applications
14:30-14:40 (UTC)
22:30-22:40 (UTC +8)
16:30-16:40 (UTC +2)
07:30-07:40 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.1: ESTIMATION OF NITROGEN IN THE SOIL OF BALSA TREES IN ECUADOR USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
Cesar Alvarez, Joselin Quintana, Karen Tituana, Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, Ecuador; Ana Teodoro, University of Porto, Portugal
14:40-14:50 (UTC)
22:40-22:50 (UTC +8)
16:40-16:50 (UTC +2)
07:40-07:50 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.2: EXTENDING STOCHASTIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY TO SIMULATE BRF OVER FORESTS CONTAINING TREES WITH HETEROGENEOUS DAMAGED FOLIAGE
Xiaoyao Li, Huaguo Huang, Beijing Forestry University, China; Nikolay Shabanov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Kai Yan, China University of Geosciences, China
14:50-15:00 (UTC)
22:50-23:00 (UTC +8)
16:50-17:00 (UTC +2)
07:50-08:00 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.3: NORMALIZED PROJECTED RED & SWIR (NPRS): A NEW VEGETATION INDEX FOR FOREST HEALTH ESTIMATION AND ITS APPLICATION ON SPRUCE BARK BEETLE ATTACK DETECTION

Langning Huo, Eva Lindberg, Henrik Persson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
15:00-15:10 (UTC)
23:00-23:10 (UTC +8)
17:00-17:10 (UTC +2)
08:00-08:10 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.4: ANALYZING LEAF CLUMPING EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL TREES BASED ON MODELED REALISTIC STRUCTURE
Weihua Li, Xihan Mu, Linyuan Li, Beijing Normal University, China
15:10-15:20 (UTC)
23:10-23:20 (UTC +8)
17:10-17:20 (UTC +2)
08:10-08:20 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.5: FOREST FLOWS – REAL TIME MONITORING OF WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS IN PLANTED FORESTS
Dean Meason, Scion (NZ Forest Research Institute), New Zealand; Amanda Matson, Thünen-Institut, Germany; Brenda Baillie, Scion (NZ Forest Research Institute), New Zealand; Delwyn Moller, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Bruce Dudley, MS Srinivasan, Channa Rajanayaka, Christian Zammit, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand; Donald White, Whitegum Forest and Natural Resources, Australia
15:20-15:30 (UTC)
23:20-23:30 (UTC +8)
17:20-17:30 (UTC +2)
08:20-08:30 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.6: ARE HIGH SEVERITY FIRES INCREASING IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA?
Bang Nguyen Tran, University of Melbourne, Australia; Mihai Tanase, National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry “Marin Dracea”, Romania; Lauren T. Bennett, Cristina Aponte, University of Melbourne, Australia
15:30-15:40 (UTC)
23:30-23:40 (UTC +8)
17:30-17:40 (UTC +2)
08:30-08:40 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.7: A FUEL MOISTURE CONTENT MONITORING METHODOLOGY BASED ON OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING
Fan Li, Yuxia Li, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China; Cunjie Zhang, China Meteorological Administration, China; Yuan Cheng, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China; Yuzhen Li, ChengDu Software Industry Development Center, China; Lei He, Chengdu University of Information Technology, China
15:40-15:50 (UTC)
23:40-23:50 (UTC +8)
17:40-17:50 (UTC +2)
08:40-08:50 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.8: MAPPING SURFACE FUEL LOADINGS OF FORESTS USING STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING AND GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS DERIVED DATA
Chinsu Lin, Siao-En Ma, National Chiayi University, Taiwan
15:50-16:00 (UTC)
23:50-00:00 (UTC +8)
17:50-18:00 (UTC +2)
08:50-09:00 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.9: FORECASTING VEGETATION HEALTH IN THE MENA REGION BY PREDICTING VEGETATION INDICATORS WITH MACHINE LEARNING MODELS
Sachi Perera, Wenzhao Li, Computational and Data Sciences Graduate Program, United States; Erik Linstead, Chapman University, United States; Hesham Elaskary El-Askary, Center of Excellence of Earth Observations and Modeling, United States
16:00-16:10 (UTC)
00:00-00:10 (UTC +8)
18:00-18:10 (UTC +2)
09:00-09:10 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.10: SIMULATING AIRBORNE FULL-WAVEFORM LIDAR DATA IN VARYING MUTILAYERD FOREST THROUGH THE DART MODEL
Xiao Zhu, Jinling Song, Lei Yang, Xin Wang, Beijing Normal University, China
16:10-16:20 (UTC)
00:10-00:20 (UTC +8)
18:10-18:20 (UTC +2)
09:10-09:20 (UTC -7)

WE2.R10.11: DOMINANT TREES ANALYSIS USING UAV LIDAR AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY
Qingwang Liu, Shiming Li, Xin Tian, Liyong Fu, Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China