Symposium Program

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Preliminary Program of the Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing
Location: SUB 307
Date: Tuesday, 11/June/2024
1:00pm
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2:40pm
Invited Session 2: Novel Remote Sensing Technologies and Techniques for Understanding Peatland Condition, Disturbance, and Change - Part 1
Location: SUB 307
Chair: Dr. Koreen Millard
Chair: Dr. Laura Elizabeth Chasmer
 
1:00pm - 1:20pm

Techniques for extending sparse training Data and reducing false Positives for mapping Fens in Western US alpine nationally managed Lands

J. A. Graham, L. Bourgeau-Chavez, R. Chimner



1:20pm - 1:40pm

Mapping Linear Features in the Boreal Forest with LiDAR and Convolutional Neural Networks

Dr. G. McDermid, Dr. I. Terentieva



1:40pm - 2:00pm

Characterizing Effects of Repeated Seismic Activity in Boreal Peatlands Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS)

X. Y. Chan, Dr. A. Dabros, Dr. I. E. Terentieva, Dr. G. J. McDermid



2:00pm - 2:20pm

Storage and Emissions of Carbon in Boreal Peatlands Affected by Extreme Drought and Wildfire

D. J. Vander Bilt, Dr. L. L. Bourgeau Chavez, M. Billmire



2:20pm - 2:40pm

Modelling Ecosystem Atmospheric Carbon Fluxes Using Random Forests in the Hudson Bay Lowlands

J. G. Beaver, Dr. E. R. Humphreys

3:00pm
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4:40pm
Invited Session 4: Novel Remote Sensing Technologies and Techniques for Understanding Peatland Condition, Disturbance, and Change - Part 2
Location: SUB 307
Chair: Dr. Koreen Millard
Chair: Dr. Laura Elizabeth Chasmer
 
3:00pm - 3:20pm

New Insights Into Distinguishing Temperate Deciduous Swamps from Upland Forests and Shrublands with SAR

S. Banks, Dr. K. Millard, Dr. L. Dingle-Robertson, L. White, Dr. A. Behnamian, J. Duffe



3:20pm - 3:40pm

Using Remote Sensing to determine the Role of Peatlands in Fire Refugia Creation in Boreal Forests of Western Canada

C. Kuntzemann, Dr. E. Whitman, Dr. D. Stralberg, Dr. M.-A. Parisien, Dr. D. K. Thompson, Z. Xi, D. Lewis, Dr. S. Nielsen



3:40pm - 4:00pm

VIIRS and MODIS Observations of Peatland Fire Spread During the 2023 Fire Season – an Analysis using the Canadian Fire Spread Database

Q. Barber, P. Jain, E. Whitman, M.-A. Parisien



4:00pm - 4:20pm

Arctic and sub-Arctic wildfires in Canada’s permafrost peatlands 1986–2022

M. Hethcoat, P. Jain, M.-A. Parisien, R. Skakun, E. Whitman



4:20pm - 4:40pm

The Sensitivity of SMAP Brightness Temperature Retrievals to Open Water Dynamics and Peatland/Wetland Areas

Y. Amini, K. Millard, A. Berg, M. Richardson

Date: Wednesday, 12/June/2024
1:20pm
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2:40pm
Scientific Session 03: Synthetic Aperture RADAR
Location: SUB 307
Chair: Kevin Murnaghan
Chair: Desmond Power
 
1:20pm - 1:40pm

Evaluation of Polarimetric SAR Despeckling Methods on Crop Classification using RCM Compact Polarimetry Data

R. Farhadiani, Dr. S. Homayouni



1:40pm - 2:00pm

Coherent Change Detection for Agricultural Activities Monitoring Using New Space SAR

Dr. Q. Zhang, S. Sarjakoski, Dr. A. Johnsy, M. Wollersheim, Dr. V. Tolpekin, J. Hiekkasaari



2:00pm - 2:20pm

RADARSAT Missions Analysis Ready Data

K. Murnaghan, J. Dudley, H. Drouin, F. Charbonneau



2:20pm - 2:40pm

Sensitivity analysis of full-polarization L-band SAR to soil moisture at different depths

X. Zhou, J. Wang

3:00pm
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4:40pm
Scientific Session 06: Remote Sensing for Coastal Monitoring
Location: SUB 307
Chair: Prof. Dongmei Chen
Chair: Gordon Staples
 
3:00pm - 3:20pm

Detection of the origin of river water turbidity along the coast of James Bay (Québec), from Landsat imagery

Dr B. Leblon, Dr A. LaRocque, K. Clyne, Dr M. Costa



3:20pm - 3:40pm

A Global Deep Learning Model for Classification of Optically Shallow and Optically Deep Water for Sentinel-2 Imagery

G. Richardson, N. S. Foreman, Dr. A. Knudby, Y. Wu, Y. Lin



3:40pm - 4:00pm

Addressing Non-Stationary Statistics in SAR Sea Ice Imagery

J. Noa Turnes, L. Xu, N. C. Brubacher, F. J. Pena Cantu, M. Patel, D. A. Clausi



4:00pm - 4:20pm

Detecting Community-Relevant Landfast Ice Polynyas in Dual-Polarized SAR Imagery with Convolutional Object Detection Networks: An Analysis of Key Design Elements

N. Brubacher, D. Clausi, Dr. A. Scott, Dr. L. Xu, R. Segal



4:20pm - 4:40pm

RCM Compact Polarimetry for Oil Spill Characterization

G. Staples, J. Chen

Date: Thursday, 13/June/2024
10:20am
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12:00pm
Scientific Session 09: Remote Sensing for Natural Hazards
Location: SUB 307
Chair: Ashlin Richardson
Chair: Dr. Evangelos Bousias Alexakis
 
10:20am - 10:40am

Remote Sensing-based Near Real-Time Forecasting of Forest Fire Danger Conditions

Dr. M. R. Ahmed, Dr. Q. K. Hassan, Dr. M. Abdollahi, Dr. A. Gupta



10:40am - 11:00am

Operational Near-real-time Pixel-based Image Compositing for Large-area Fire and Burned Severity Mapping in British Columbia

A. Richardson, S. Siddall, R. Stohmann, Dr. M. Crowley, Dr. M. De Jong, A. Bevington, W. MacKinnon



11:00am - 11:20am

Assessment of ALOS-2 L-Band Polarimetric SAR for Fire Danger Monitoring in Mountainous Forests of British Columbia

M. Loncar, A. Richardson, B. Leblon



11:20am - 11:40am

Landslide inventories for two coastal watersheds in British Columbia using semi-automated detection from satellite imagery.

H. J. Basiuk, D. H. Shugar, S. Kijak



11:40am - 12:00pm

RADARSAT Constellation Mission SAR Data and Deep Learning for Wildfire Monitoring

Y. Ban, Y. Zhao, A. Richardson

1:00pm
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2:40pm
Scientific Session 12: Application of Remote Sensing in Forestry
Location: SUB 307
Chair: Prof. Richard Fournier
Chair: Dr. Karin Yvonne van Ewijk
 
1:00pm - 1:20pm

Integrating Spaceborne LiDAR GEDI and Multitemporal Optical and SAR Data with a Deep Learning Model to Map Forest Canopy Height in Ontario, Canada

Dr. J. D. Bermudez Castro, Dr. C. Rogers, Dr. C. Sother, Dr. A. Gonsamo



1:20pm - 1:40pm

Individual Tree Crown Delineation for Coniferous Trees Using StarDist Model

Dr. F. Tong, Prof. Y. Zhang



1:40pm - 2:00pm

Tree Species Classification on Hyperspectral Imagery Using Fewer Training Samples

Dr. F. Tong, Y. Zhang



2:00pm - 2:20pm

Direct Estimation of Forest Aboveground Biomass from UAV LiDAR Observations for a Red Pine Plantation in Southern Ontario

J. Chau, K. So, S. Rudd, D. T. Robinson, A. Gonsamo



2:20pm - 2:40pm

Individual Tree Crown Detection and Delineation Using Mask R-CNN with LiDAR Data in a Mixed-Wood Forest

Q. Li, B. Hu


 
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