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.R13: Recent Advances in GNSS-Reflectometry: Cryospheric Applications and Novel Techniques

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: Mehmet Kurum, Mississippi State University and Adrian Perez, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Session Managers: Neha Sharma and Subhadip Dey
Track: Mission, Sensors and Calibration
14:30-14:40 (UTC)
22:30-22:40 (UTC +8)
16:30-16:40 (UTC +2)
07:30-07:40 (UTC -7)

WE2.R13.1: POTENTIAL OF GNSS REFLECTOMETRY FOR FREEZE-THAW MONITORING: A STUDY OF TECHDEMOSAT-1 DATA
Davide Comite, Sapienza University, Italy; Laura Dente, Tor Vergata University, Italy; Luca Cenci, Sapienza University, Italy; Leila Guerriero, Tor Vergata University, Italy; AndreaS Colliander, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States; Nazzareno Pierdicca, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
14:40-14:50 (UTC)
22:40-22:50 (UTC +8)
16:40-16:50 (UTC +2)
07:40-07:50 (UTC -7)

WE2.R13.2: ANALYSIS OF GNSS-R COVERAGE BY A REGIONAL AIRCRAFT FLEET
Ryan Linnabary, Andrew O'Brien, The Ohio State University, United States; Chris Ruf, Stephen Musko, University of Michigan, United States; Delwyn Moller, University of Auckland, United States
14:50-15:00 (UTC)
22:50-23:00 (UTC +8)
16:50-17:00 (UTC +2)
07:50-08:00 (UTC -7)

WE2.R13.3: ANALYSIS ON THE FEASABILITY OF AIRBORNE GNSS-R RECEIVERS FOR WEATHER NOWCASTING AND TARGET DETECTION
Adrian Perez, Joan Francesc Munoz-Martin, Adriano Camps, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain
15:00-15:10 (UTC)
23:00-23:10 (UTC +8)
17:00-17:10 (UTC +2)
08:00-08:10 (UTC -7)

WE2.R13.4: GNSS REFLECTOMETRY FROM SMARTPHONES: TESTING PERFORMANCE OF IN-BUILT ANTENNAS AND GNSS CHIPS
Mehmet Kurum, Ali Gurbuz, Md. Mehedi Farhad, Mississippi State University, United States
15:10-15:20 (UTC)
23:10-23:20 (UTC +8)
17:10-17:20 (UTC +2)
08:10-08:20 (UTC -7)

WE2.R13.5: A NOVEL BISTATIC SAR IMAGING ALGORITHM BASED ON GNSS TRANSMITTERS AND LOW-ORBIT RECEIVERS
Xin Qi, Yun Zhang, Yicheng Jiang, Leiyu Zhang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
15:20-15:30 (UTC)
23:20-23:30 (UTC +8)
17:20-17:30 (UTC +2)
08:20-08:30 (UTC -7)

WE2.R13.6: OUTLINE OF THE ESA HYDROGNSS GNSS REFLECTOMETRY SCOUT MISSION
Martin Unwin, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., United Kingdom; Nazzareno Pierdicca, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome (SAP-DIET), Italy; Kimmo Rautiainen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland; Estel Cardellach, Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai (ICE-CSIC) Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), Spain; Giuseppe Foti, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom; Paul Blunt, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom; Leila Guerriero, DICII, Tor Vergata University, Italy; Emanuele Santi, Nello Carrara Institute of Applied Physics, Italy; Michel Tossaint, European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC) / EOP-ΦMP, Netherlands; Elliott Worsley, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., United Kingdom
15:30-15:40 (UTC)
23:30-23:40 (UTC +8)
17:30-17:40 (UTC +2)
08:30-08:40 (UTC -7)

WE2.R13.7: THE GRSS STANDARD FOR GNSS-REFLECTOMETRY
Hugo Carreno-Luengo, University of Michigan (UM), United States; Adriano Camps, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; Nicolas Flouri, Manuel Martin-Neira, European Space Agency (ESA), Netherlands; Chris Ruf, Tianlin Wang, University of Michigan (UM), United States; SiriJodha Khalsa, University of Colorado (UC), United States; Maria Paola Clarizia, Jennifer Reynolds, Deimos Space UK Ltd., United Kingdom; Joel Johnson, Andrew O'Brien, The Ohio State University, United States; Carmela Galdi, Maurizio di Biscegli, Universita degli Studi del Sannio, Italy; Andreas Dielacher, RUAG Space GmbH, Austria; Philip Jales, Spire Global, United States; Martin Unwin, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), United Kingdom; Lucinda King, University of Surrey, United Kingdom; Giuseppe Foti, National Oceanography Center (NOC), United Kingdom; Rashmi Shah, California Institute of Technology, United States; Daniel Pascual, Deimos Space UK Ltd., United Kingdom; Bill Schreiner, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), United States; Milad Asgarimehr, Jens Wickert, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany; Serni Ribo, Estel Cardellach, Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC/IEEC), Spain
15:40-15:50 (UTC)
23:40-23:50 (UTC +8)
17:40-17:50 (UTC +2)
08:40-08:50 (UTC -7)

WE2.R13.8: MONITORING GPS EIRP FOR CYGNSS LEVEL 1 CALIBRATION
Tianlin Wang, Christopher Ruf, University of Michigan, United States; Scott Gleason, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, United States; Darren McKague, University of Michigan, United States; Andrew O'Brien, The Ohio State University, United States; Bruce Block, University of Michigan, United States