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Symposium Program

Overview and details of the sessions of the 45th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for further details on the presentations. Once you select a session or choose the List View of the program, you can access the extended abstracts by clicking on the button "Show Downloads" . *** You should be logged into your ConfTool account to be able to see the downloadable items ***

Preliminary Program of the Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing

Date: Monday, 10/June/2024
3:00pm - 7:30pm	Registration Location: The Grawood (SUB 1st Floor)
5:30pm - 7:30pm	Ice Breaker Location: The Grawood (SUB 1st Floor)

Date: Tuesday, 11/June/2024
8:30am - 9:30am	Symposium Welcome and Opening Remarks Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building)
9:30am - 10:30am	Keynote 1: Photogrammetry with Historical Photography Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Speaker: Dr. Ewelina Rupnik
10:30am - 11:00am	Health Break Location: SUB McInnes Room
11:00am - 12:00pm	Panel 1: Obtaining Funding Support for the Geospatial Sciences Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building)
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch and CRSS-SCT Initiatives & Future Direction Location: SUB Lobby (2nd floor) Delegates may pick up lunch from SUB 2nd Floor Lobby and may choose to either have lunch in Cafeteria on the first floor of SUB or take their lunch to the Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) for the CRSS-SCT meeting.
1:00pm - 2:40pm	Student Competition 1: Best Student Oral Presentation Award Competition Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Session Chair: Prof. Yuhong He Session Chair: Tom Lukowski
	1:00pm - 1:20pm Tree Seedling Detection from Remotely Piloted Aircraft System Imagery using Convolutional Neural Networks in a Boreal Forest N. Byford, Dr. I. Terentieva, Dr. G. McDermid, Dr. J. Linke University of Calgary, Canada 1:20pm - 1:40pm Estimating Fusarium Head Blight Severity in Winter Wheat using Deep Learning and a Spectral Index R. McConachie, C. Belot, Dr. M. Serajazari, Dr. H. Booker, Dr. J. Sulik University of Guelph, Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Automated caribou Detection from aerial imagery: A Transfer Learning Approach G. Serati^1,2, J. Théau^1,2, S. Foucher¹ ¹Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada; ²Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS), Stewart Biology, McGill University, Canada 2:00pm - 2:20pm Vertical Temperature Gradients in Polar Snow from Passive Microwave Satellite Measurements using Artificial Neural Networks C. Henschel, D. Spearns, T. J Duck Dalhousie University, Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Mapping vegetation height and identifying the northern forest limit across Canada using ICESat-2 and Landsat time series data H. Z Travers-Smith¹, Dr. N. Coops¹, Dr. C. Mulverhill¹, Dr. M. Wulder², Dr. D. Ignace³, Dr. T. Lantz⁴ ¹Department of Forest Resource Management, University of British Columbia; ²Canadian Forest Service; ³Department of Forest Conservation Science, University of British Columbia; ⁴University of Victoria, School of Environmental Studies
1:00pm - 2:40pm	Invited Session 1: Historical Aerial and Satellite Image Records - Methods and Applications Location: SUB 303 Session Chair: Dr. Evangelos Bousias Alexakis Session Chair: Roksana Sheikholmolouki
	1:00pm - 1:20pm A Web Map for Visualizing the Historical Aerial Photography of Indian Residential Schools M. Maloley¹, P. Wong¹, M. Shahbazi², P. Gravel², S. Westley³ ¹Geomatics Services, Indigenous Services Canada; ²Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada; ³Geographical Names Board of Canada Secretariat, Natural Resources Canada 1:20pm - 1:40pm Using a consistent time-series of land cover products to produce an Urban Region Boundary (URB) to measure urban expansion in Canada. C. Samson¹, D. Robinson¹, J. D. MacDonald² ¹University of Waterloo; ²Environment and Climate Change Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Learning-Based versus Traditional Algorithms for Cross-Temporal Image Matching Dr. E. Bousias Alexakis, Dr. M. Shahbazi, P. Gravel Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada 2:00pm - 2:20pm Methods to Assess Glacier Change in Western Canada Dr. B. Menounos University of Northern British Columbia, Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Historical Air Photo Analysis of old Stone Walls as vanishing cultural Landscape Elements at Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada D. Werle AERDE, Canada
1:00pm - 2:40pm	Invited Session 2: Novel Remote Sensing Technologies and Techniques for Understanding Peatland Condition, Disturbance, and Change - Part 1 Location: SUB 307 Session Chair: Dr. Koreen Millard Session 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. Graham¹, L. Bourgeau-Chavez¹, R. Chimner² ¹Michigan Tech Research Institute, United States of America; ²Michigan Tech University 1:20pm - 1:40pm Mapping Linear Features in the Boreal Forest with LiDAR and Convolutional Neural Networks Dr. G. McDermid, Dr. I. Terentieva University of Calgary, Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Characterizing Effects of Repeated Seismic Activity in Boreal Peatlands Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) X. Y. Chan¹, Dr. A. Dabros², Dr. I. E. Terentieva¹, Dr. G. J. McDermid¹ ¹Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; ²Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada 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 Michigan Technological University, United States of America 2:20pm - 2:40pm Modelling Ecosystem Atmospheric Carbon Fluxes Using Random Forests in the Hudson Bay Lowlands J. G. Beaver, Dr. E. R. Humphreys Carleton University, Canada
1:00pm - 2:40pm	Scientific Session 01: Advances in Agricultural Remote Sensing Location: SUB 270 Session Chair: Dr. Heather McNairn Session Chair: Prof. Craig Coburn
	1:00pm - 1:20pm Generating a Global Deep Learning Dataset of Agricultural Soil Surface Dielectric Constants from Optical Remote Sensing M. Khazaei, R. Magagi, K. Goïta Centre D’Applications et de Recherches en Télédétection (CARTEL), Département de Géomatique Appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada 1:20pm - 1:40pm Sensitivity of Vegetation Indices to Measured Crop Evapotranspiration A. A. Berg, B. Miller, T. Wint, K. Wicks, B. DeVries, A. McLaren, J. Thomas, S. Brown, Z. DeBruyn, S. Jordan, C. Wagner-Riddle University of Guelph, Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Detecting Tillage Events using a Time Series of Sentinel-1 SAR Data Dr. H. McNairn, O. Gaweesh, S. Schultz, Dr. X. Jiao, M. Rahimzad, Dr. A. Davidson, Dr. P. Joosse Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada 2:00pm - 2:20pm A Texture Information-guided Method of Generating Pseudo Samples for Cropland Extraction H. Xing^1,2, Dr. J. Xiang¹, S. Li² ¹School of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, 250101, China; ²Department of Civil Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Forecasting Spring Wheat Yields and Climate Influences for Enhancing Future Food Security in Western Canada S. F. Van Steenbergen, Dr. T. Ha, Dr. K. Nketia, H. Fernando, Dr. S. Shirtliffe University of Sasaktchewan, Canada
2:40pm - 3:00pm	Health Break Location: SUB McInnes Room
3:00pm - 4:40pm	Student Competition 2: Best Student Oral Presentation Award Competition Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Session Chair: Prof. Yuhong He Session Chair: Tom Lukowski
	3:00pm - 3:20pm Enhancing Aerial Camera-LiDAR Registration through Synthetic Images and Graph Neural Networks J. D. Leahy, Dr. S. Jabari University of New Brunswick, Canada 3:20pm - 3:40pm Multimodal Multitask Semantic Segmentation for 3D Wireframe Moleling of Buildings F. Soleimani, Dr. S. Jabari University of New Brunswick, Canada 3:40pm - 4:00pm A Cost-Effective Method for Collecting Geometric Data on Flood-Relevant Building Attributes for Model Training. A. Reid^1,2, Dr. S. Jabari¹, Dr. H. McGrath² ¹University of New Brunswick, Canada; ²Natural Resources Canada 4:00pm - 4:20pm Detecting urban agriculture changes using deep learning approaches, a case study in Huế City, Vietnam T. D. Dinh¹, J. Théau¹, T. T. H. Pham², M. Varin³, Dr. J. Marchal³, M.-A. Genest³ ¹Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; ²Département d’études urbaines et touristiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada; ³Centre d’enseignement et de recherche en foresterie (CERFO), Québec, Canada 4:20pm - 4:40pm Comparing the Performance of Different Classifiers for Urban Change Detection: A Case Study in Kingston, Ontario M. Babadi¹, D. Chen¹, D. Pouliot², T. S. Oluwadare¹ ¹Laboratory of Geographic Information and Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; ²Landscape Science and Technology Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A0H3, Canada
3:00pm - 4:40pm	Invited Session 3: Satellite Gravimetric / GNSS for Water Resources Location: SUB 303 Session Chair: Prof. Kalifa Goïta Session Chair: Dr. Farzam Fatolazadeh
	3:00pm - 3:20pm Separation of Snow Water Equivalent from GRACE/GRACE-FO Terrestrial Water Storages Changes Dr. F. Fatolazadeh¹, Dr. S. Wang², K. Goïta¹, Dr. M. Eshagh¹ ¹University of Sherbrooke, Canada; ²Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada 3:20pm - 3:40pm Comparison of in-situ and model-based Precipitation Datasets over Canada using GRACE/GRACE-FO S. Bringeland, Dr. G. Fotopoulos Queen's University, Canada 3:40pm - 4:00pm Combination of Satellite Gravimetry and GNSS Data for Improved Terrestrial Water Storage Changes Estimation M. Nasiri, Dr. K. Goïta, Dr. F. Fatolazadeh Université de Sherbrooke, Canada 4:00pm - 4:20pm Spectral Combination Approach For Spatiotemporal Downscaling of Groundwater Storage Variations Derived By GRACE and GRACE-FO Observations Dr. F. Fatolazadeh¹, Dr. M. Eshagh¹, K. Goïta¹, Dr. S. Wang² ¹University of Sherbrooke, Canada; ²Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada 4:20pm - 4:40pm Hybrid Compact Polarimetric GNSS-R Analysis Of Lake Ice Physical Properties Y. Ghiasi¹, Dr. C. R. Duguay^1,2 ¹Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; ²H2O Geomatics Inc., Kitchener, ON, Canada
3:00pm - 4:40pm	Invited Session 4: Novel Remote Sensing Technologies and Techniques for Understanding Peatland Condition, Disturbance, and Change - Part 2 Location: SUB 307 Session Chair: Dr. Koreen Millard Session Chair: Dr. Laura Elizabeth Chasmer
	3:00pm - 3:20pm New Insights Into Distinguishing Temperate Deciduous Swamps from Upland Forests and Shrublands with SAR S. Banks¹, Dr. K. Millard², Dr. L. Dingle-Robertson³, L. White⁴, Dr. A. Behnamian⁵, J. Duffe⁶ ¹Carleton University; Environment Canada; ²Carleton University; ³Environment Canada; ⁴Environment Canada; ⁵Environment Canada; ⁶Environment Canada 3:20pm - 3:40pm Using Remote Sensing to determine the Role of Peatlands in Fire Refugia Creation in Boreal Forests of Western Canada C. Kuntzemann¹, Dr. E. Whitman¹, Dr. D. Stralberg¹, Dr. M.-A. Parisien¹, Dr. D. K. Thompson², Z. Xi¹, D. Lewis³, Dr. S. Nielsen⁴ ¹Canadian Forest Service (Edmonton office); ²Canadian Forest Service (Sault Ste. Marie office); ³BC Ministry of Land, Water, and Resource Stewardship; ⁴University of Alberta 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 Natural Resources Canada 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 Natural Resources Canada, Canada 4:20pm - 4:40pm The Sensitivity of SMAP Brightness Temperature Retrievals to Open Water Dynamics and Peatland/Wetland Areas Y. Amini¹, K. Millard¹, A. Berg², M. Richardson¹ ¹Carleton University, Canada; ²University of Guelph, Canada
3:00pm - 4:40pm	Scientific Session 02: Remote Sensing for Mapping Location: SUB 270 Session Chair: Prof. Songnian Li Session Chair: Prof. Craig Coburn
	3:00pm - 3:20pm Introducing WetSAT: A Canadian Large-Scale Deep Learning Benchmark Dataset for Wetland Classification H. Jafarzadeh¹, Dr. M. Mahdianpari^1,2, E. Gill¹ ¹Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada; ²C-CORE, St. John’s, NL, Canada 3:20pm - 3:40pm Aerial Thermography and Photogrammetry for the Detection of Archaeological Sites T. L. Mills, C. A. Coburn University of Lethbridge, Canada 3:40pm - 4:00pm Mapping Fractional Lichen Cover in Northern Quebec and Labrador Using UAV, Sentinel, and Landsat Imagery L. Yousefizadeh Naeni^1,2, J. Théau^1,2, S. Homayouni³, Dr. W. Chen⁴, A. Langlois^1,2 ¹Département de Géomatique Appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada; ²Centre d’application et de recherches en télédétection (CARTEL); ³Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Québec, Québec, Canada; ⁴Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 4:00pm - 4:20pm Locating Missing Grave Sites using Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems. C. Coburn, T. Mills, P. Novoseltsev University of Lethbridge, Canada 4:20pm - 4:40pm A Framework of TLS 3D Point Cloud Use in Digital Twins Development for a Realization of Indoor Environments: A Case Study of an Educational Facility in Toronto, Canada M. Ismail, A. Shaker, S. Li Department of Civil Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B2K3 Canada
4:40pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 1: Artificial Intelligence Methods and Models - Part 1 Location: SUB McInnes Room Poster stand numbers: 01-09
	Improving the resolution of multispectral satellite imagery using Deep Learning-based Pansharpening K. Roy, S. Homayouni, Dr. Y. Zhang INRS, Canada Spatially Informed Tabular Deep Learning for Accurate Building Extraction from UAV Imagery: A GEOBIA Approach M. Hossain, Dr. D. Chen Queen's University, Canada An Automated Method for Pavement Surface Distress Evaluation D. Satheesan, M. Talib, Dr. S. Li, Dr. A. X. Yuan Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada Discrete Wavelet Transformation for De-noising of AI Classified Ground Data H. Steiner¹, M. L. Ethier², O. Brown², O. Pylypenko¹ ¹GeoBC, Canada; ²University of Victoria, BC, Canada Estimating Biases in TROPOMI concentration methane product using a machine learning algorithm M. Marjani¹, M. Mahdianpari^1,2, E. W Gill¹, F. Mohammadimanesh² ¹Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; ²C-CORE Evaluation of Hybrid Satellite On-Board Computer Architectures for Edge-Compute and Machine-Learning Focussed Applications A. Amellal, J. Langille, M. Seto Dalhousie University, Canada Non-Cooperative Vessel Detection using Multispectral Satellite Imaging and Machine Learning Applied towards Onboard Satellite Dark Vessel Detection K. J. M. Earle, Dr. M. L. Seto Dalhousie University Conifer Tree Classification using Detectron2 and ConvNext from UAV Imagery Data R. Sharma, K. F. Zhang University of fraser valley, Canada
4:40pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 2: Advanced Solutions for Agricultural Remote Sensing Location: SUB McInnes Room Poster stand numbers: 10-15
	Comparison of YOLOv7 and YOLOv8n for Tree Detection on UAV RGB Imagery M. Kaviani¹, T. Akilan², B. Leblon¹, D. Amishev¹, Dr. A. Haddadi³, Dr. A. LaRocque⁴ ¹Faculty of Natural Resource Management, Lakehead University, Canada; ²Department of Software Engineering, Lakehead University, Canada; ³A&L Canada Laboratories, London, Canada; ⁴Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Canada Evaluation of 1DCNN- LSTM deep learning model for Crop Classification using time series Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 in Google Earth Engine (A case study in Quebec, Canada) S. Ojaghi¹, A. Zannou¹, Dr. Y. Bouroubi², Dr. S. Foucher² ¹Sherbrooke university, Canada; ²Financière Agricole du Québec Real-time Detection of Currant-lettuce Aphid (Nasonovia Ribisnigri) in Lettuce with the YOLOv8-n Model using an Edge Computing System E. Dubrûle, M. Germain, M. Bélisle, Y. Bouroubi Université de Sherbrooke, Canada Enhancing Surface Soil Moisture Estimation from Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 Observations via Integrating Trapezoidal Models and Random Forest Algorithm A. Nouraki^1,2, M. Golabi¹, M. Albaji¹, A. A. Naseri¹, S. Homayouni² ¹Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Faculty of Water and Environmental Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran; ²Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Quebec, Canada Evaluating the Potential of Temperature/Vegetation Index Space in Crop Evapotranspiration Estimation at Farm Scale M. Alavi^1,2, M. Albaji¹, M. Golabi¹, A. A. Naseri¹, S. Homayouni² ¹Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Faculty of Water and Environmental Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran; ²Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Quebec, Canada Estimation of Canopy Height using Unmanned Ground Vehicle with LiDAR for Wheat Phenotyping P. Ravichandran¹, Dr. K. D. Singh¹, Dr. S. D. Noble², K. Halcro², Dr. R. Soolanayakanahally³, Dr. K. Nilsen⁴, Dr. O. Molina⁵, Dr. H. Randhawa¹, C. Workman⁴, S. Pahari³ ¹Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 5403 1 Ave S, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1; ²College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9; ³AAFC, 107 Science Pl, Saskatoon, SK S7S 1H1; ⁴AAFC, 2701 Grand Valley Rd, Brandon, MB R7C 1A1; ⁵AAFC, 101 Rte 100 #100, Morden, MB R6M 1Y5
4:40pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 3: LiDAR Sensing, Data and Applications Location: SUB McInnes Room Poster stand numbers: 16-22
	Mapping Animal and Human Trails in Peatlands with LiDAR and Convolutional Neural Networks Dr. I. Terentieva, X. Y. Chan, Dr. G. J. McDermid University of Calgary, Canada Predicting Conifer Fraction with Intensity Metrics of Multi-Spectral Lidar in the Taiga Plains M. Okhrimenko¹, C. Hopkinson¹, C. Coburn¹, Dr. G. Castilla² ¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Canada Lidar based vegetation regeneration mapping on anthropogenic disturbances in caribou range in boreal Alberta, Canada Dr. B. Hricko, M. Dickie, V. Tran, J. F. Simms, Dr. C. N. McClain Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, Canada LiDAR change detection along linear disturbances in the boreal forest – a comparison of pixel and point cloud-based approaches Y. S. Abdullai, Dr. G. McDermid, Dr. J. Linke, C. Shellian, T. Yeomans University of Calgary, Canada Development of Understory Vegetation Characterization Methods from Mobile Laser Scanning A. Juckler^1,2,3, R. A Fournier¹, P. Lejeune³, O. Valeria^2,4 ¹Département de géomatique appliquée, Centre d'Applications et de Recherches en Télédétection (CARTEL),Université de Sherbrooke, 2500, Boulevard de l'université, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada; ²Chaire en aménagement forestier durable UQAT-UQAM, 445 boulevard de l'Université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC J9X 5E4, Canada; ³TERRA Teaching and Research Center - Forest Is Life, ULiège - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium; ⁴Institut de recherche sur les forêts, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 445 Boulevard de l'université, Rouyn-Noranda, QC J9X 5E4, Canada Integrating Airborne LiDAR and, Indigenous knowledge in an archaeo- landscape mapping framework for use in a digital community cultural and environmental stewardship archive D. King, C. Hopkinson, M. Hogue, N. Plain Eagle University of Lethbridge, Canada Topobathymetric Lidar Helps Quebec Prepare for Climate-Change Impacts S. Cowan NV5 Geospatial, Canada
4:40pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 4: Observations and Monitoring of the Cryosphere Location: SUB McInnes Room Poster stand numbers: 23-29
	SAR glacier zones mapping of Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut D. Halle¹, Dr. W. Van Wychen¹, Dr. R. Kelly¹, Dr. D. Burgess², Dr. B. Danielson² ¹Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada; ²Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Canada Identifying Glacial Pulsing Characteristics in the Canadian Arctic O. Nowitsky, W. Van Wychen University of Waterloo, Canada Sea ice mapping in the Resolute Passage: A RADARSAT-2 PolSAR-Based approach C. Chaabani¹, C. S. Salvo¹, S. Homayouni¹, K. Chokmani¹, M. Dabboor² ¹Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada; ²Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada Impacts of Permafrost Degradation on the Limnological Properties of a Series of Lakes in the Canadian High Arctic L. Pascaud^1,3,4, F. Bouchard^1,3,4, M. Rautio^2,3,4 ¹Unviversité de Sherbrooke; ²Université du Québec à Chicoutimi; ³Centre d'études nordiques (CEN); ⁴Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL) Satellite-Based Method For Mapping Indicators of Dust-On-Snow Around a Mine in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Dr. W. Chen, Dr. H P. White, Dr. S. G. Leblanc Canada Center for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada Mapping of the geomorphological expressions of freeze thaw cycles at Cambridge Bay, Nunavut A. Joyeux, F. Bouchard, A. Langlois Université de Sherbrooke, Canada Feature Importance Analysis for Automatic Sea Ice Mapping from Multi-Sensor Satellite Data F. J. Pena Cantu, J. Park, G. Chen, D. Clausi, A. Scott University of Waterloo, Canada

Date: Wednesday, 12/June/2024
8:30am - 9:30am	Keynote 2: Fifty Years of GIS and Remote Sensing at COGS, the Centre of Geographic Sciences (1974-2024) Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Speaker: Dr. Robert Maher
9:30am - 10:30am	Panel 2: A New CRSS-SCT Model for Remote Sensing Certification Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building)
10:30am - 10:50am	Health Break Location: SUB McInnes Room
10:50am - 11:50am	Keynote 3: Satellite Earth Observation and the Government of Canada: Past Successes, Current Projects, and Future Priorities Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Speaker: Guennadi Kroupnik
11:50am - 1:20pm	Lunch and Student/Industry Career Connect Location: SUB Lobby (2nd floor) Delegates may pick up lunch from SUB 2nd Floor Lobby and may choose to either have lunch in Cafeteria on the first floor of SUB or take their lunch to the McInnes Room for the Student/Industry Career Connect meeting.
1:20pm - 2:40pm	Industry Session 1: Applied Remote Sensing Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Session Chair: Gordon Staples Session Chair: Prof. Shabnam Jabari
	1:20pm - 1:40pm A Hybrid Approach for Automatic Missing Road Detection Dr. M. Ahmed, Dr. A. Smith, Dr. S. Sattar, Dr. J. Salter, S. Long Esri Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm A Deep Learning System for Automated Detection of Whales in Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery in North Atlantic Right Whale Habitats A. Webster¹, Dr. K. T. Davies², H. Sharma³, V. Babu³, Dr. S. Brillant⁴, C. G. Carlyle², R. Edgell⁵, Dr. D. Johnston⁵, G. L. Lonati¹, O. Tsui¹ ¹Hatfield Consultants, 200-850 Harbourside Dr, North Vancouver, BC V7P 0A3; ²Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Brunswick, 355 Campus Ring Road, Saint John, New Brunswick, NB E2L 4L5; ³AltaML., 10130 103 Street #2200 Edmonton, AB T5J 3N9; ⁴Canadian Wildlife Federation, Halifax, 110 Chain Lake Dr., Unit #3J Halifax, NS B3S 1A9; ⁵Nicolas School of the Environment, Duke University, Grainger Hall 9 Circuit Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA 2:00pm - 2:20pm Applications of Drone Technology for Heritage Property Monitoring and Conservation H. Ge, K. De Mille Ontario Heritage Trust, Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Photogrammetric Inspections of Underground Infrastructure with a Single Axis Robotic Head R. Keizer, C. Bradley Bradley Engineering Ltd., Canada
1:20pm - 2:40pm	Invited Session 5: Digital Imaging Technology in Smart Farming and Sustainable Agriculture Location: SUB 303 Session Chair: Dr. Derek Peddle Session Chair: Dr. Keshav Singh
	1:20pm - 1:40pm Hyperspectral Prediction of Potato Plant Nutrient Deprivation using High-resolution Spectroradiometry for Minimal Input Agricultural Systems Dr. D. Peddle¹, Dr. K. Singh², Dr. J. Neilson², B. Curtis¹, A. Haller¹, D. Kipkoech¹, S. Herridge-Berry¹ ¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Leveraging UAV LiDAR and Deep Learning for Monitoring and Auditing Vegetation Growth on Wellsites Dr. Z. Xi, D. Movchan, A. Van Dongen, D. Degenhardt Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada 2:00pm - 2:20pm Accurate and Fast Crop Residue Estimation from Smartphone Imagery using Residual Attention UNet M. Rahimzad, S. Homayouni INRS, Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Alfalfa Stem Count and Winter Mortality Assessment Using Proximal Imagery and Artificial Intelligence H. Bahrami, Dr. K. Chokmani, Dr. S. Homayouni Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Québec, Canada
1:20pm - 2:40pm	Scientific Session 03: Synthetic Aperture RADAR Location: SUB 307 Session Chair: Kevin Murnaghan Session Chair: Desmond Power
	1:20pm - 1:40pm Evaluation of Polarimetric SAR Despeckling Methods on Crop Classification using RCM Compact Polarimetry Data R. Farhadiani¹, Dr. S. Homayouni² ¹Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Quebec,Canada; ²Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Quebec, Canada 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 ICEYE Oy 2:00pm - 2:20pm RADARSAT Missions Analysis Ready Data K. Murnaghan, J. Dudley, H. Drouin, F. Charbonneau Natural Resources Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Sensitivity analysis of full-polarization L-band SAR to soil moisture at different depths X. Zhou, J. Wang The University of Western Ontario, Canada
1:20pm - 2:40pm	Scientific Session 04: Remote Sensing for Climate Change Location: SUB 270 Session Chair: Prof. Dongmei Chen Session Chair: Dr. Bing Lu
	1:20pm - 1:40pm Detection on Landsat Imagery of the Effect of Climatic Changes in a Taiga Region of Québec Dr A. LaRocque¹, Dr M. Sorais², A. Oluwatomiwa Olatunji¹, Dr B. Leblon³, Dr J.-F. Giroux⁴ ¹University of New Brunswick, Canada; ²Dalhousie University; ³Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University; ⁴Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) 1:40pm - 2:00pm Mapping permafrost vulnerability in the western canadian arctic based on geospatial modelling G. Machemin¹, F. Bouchard¹, D. Didier² ¹Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; ²Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada 2:00pm - 2:20pm Empowering Tomorrow's Climate Science: The University Consortium for the Canadian Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission (TSMM) Dr. N. Marchand, Dr. A. Langlois Centre d'applications et de recherches en télédétection (CARTEL) - Université de Sherbrooke, Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Validating Rates of Change of Canada’s Marine Shoreline Mapped Using Landsat Dr. G. Manson¹, Dr. I. Olthof², C. Doughty², Dr. T. James³, N. Hastings³, R. MacLeod³ ¹Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada-Atlantic, Canada; ²Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Wildlife Research Centre, Canada; ³Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada-Pacific, Canada
2:40pm - 3:00pm	Health Break Location: SUB McInnes Room
3:00pm - 4:40pm	Industry Session 2: Applied Remote Sensing Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Session Chair: Prof. Shabnam Jabari Session Chair: Dr. Robert Andrew Ryerson
	3:00pm - 3:20pm ArboSense Fuels: an End-to-End Software Solution for Forest Fuel Mapping using Airborne Laser Scanning Data C. Shang¹, L. Chasmer², C. Hopkinson², O. Tsui¹, A. Bakalarczyk², A. Dean¹ ¹Hatfield Consultants; ²Department of Geography and Environment, University of Lethbridge 3:20pm - 3:40pm Hierarchical Classification of WAM-Predicted Streams for Forest Operations using Machine Learning and LiDAR Data Dr. K. Y. van Ewijk¹, Dr. S. Jozdani¹, Dr. K. Lim¹, T. Lafreniere², N. Beaudry² ¹Lim Geomatics Inc., Canada; ²Tolko Industries Ltd. Canada 3:40pm - 4:00pm Suivi des Coupes Progressives Irrégulières à l’Aide de l’Imagerie par Drones et l’Apprentissage Profond R. Saadouni¹, Dr. Y. Duguay², J.-S. Bilodeau², J. Gagné¹ ¹Centre d'expérimentation et de développement en forêt boréale, Canada; ²Centre de géomatique du Québec, Canada 4:00pm - 4:20pm Satellite-Derived Morphological Change Detection of Rivers for Hydrotechnical Risk Assessment – the Case of the Skeena River, BC Dr. J. Engelbrecht^1,2, E. Shih¹, S. Brazda¹, S. R. van Huyssteen² ¹BGC Engineering, Suite 2600, 425 - 1st Street SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3L8; ²Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7955, South Africa 4:20pm - 4:40pm Identifying and Mapping Rice Crops in Flooding Area in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta based on Temporal Pattern using Sentinel-1 Time Series Data Dr. W. Tang¹, Dr. A. Dean¹, T. P. Nguyen², J. Brunner² ¹Hatfield consultants, Canada; ²the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
3:00pm - 4:40pm	Scientific Session 05: Earth Observation Programs Location: SUB 303 Session Chair: Dr. Ahmed Shaker Session Chair: Dr. Farzam Fatolazadeh
	3:00pm - 3:20pm Alouette and ISIS Satellites: Old Data for New Insights R. Sheikholmolouki, N. L. Fee Canadian Space Agency, Canada 3:20pm - 3:40pm SmartEarth initiative: Stimulating and Accelerating Uptake Of Satellite Earth Observation Capabilities, Solutions, Science and Research Through and For Canadian Stakeholders L. Viciano, R. Dubé, Y. Crevier, L. Giugni, M. Kirby Canadian Space Agency, Canada 3:40pm - 4:00pm Capacity Building through the smartEarth Initiative J. Claveau, G. Aube, J. Lajoie, M. Rochon, P. Nadeau, C. Colon, J. Beauregard, Y. Crevier, L. Giugni, L. Viciano, R. Dube, M. Kirby Canadian Space Agency, Canada 4:00pm - 4:20pm CSA Research Opportunities in Space Science 2022-2027 Program – Cycle 2 in Atmospheric and Earth System disciplines M. Adamovic, C. Bolduc, J. Bergeron, H. van Mierlo Canadian Space Agency, Canada 4:20pm - 4:40pm Dialogue and Learning with Joint Earth Observations in Support of Environmental Justice and Reconciliation: NASA, CSA and Indigenous Practitioners G. Aube¹, A. McCullum², N. Tulley², S. Cruz², V. Ly², C. Schmidt², D. Werle¹ ¹Canadian Space Agency; ²NASA Ames, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute
3:00pm - 4:40pm	Scientific Session 06: Remote Sensing for Coastal Monitoring Location: SUB 307 Session Chair: Prof. Dongmei Chen Session 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. Leblon¹, Dr A. LaRocque², K. Clyne², Dr M. Costa³ ¹Lakehead University, Canada; ²University of New Brunswick; ³University of Victoria 3:20pm - 3:40pm A Global Deep Learning Model for Classification of Optically Shallow and Optically Deep Water for Sentinel-2 Imagery G. Richardson¹, N. S. Foreman¹, Dr. A. Knudby^1,2, Y. Wu¹, Y. Lin¹ ¹University of Ottawa, Canada; ²Liquid Geomatics Ltd. 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 University of Waterloo, Canada 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. Brubacher¹, D. Clausi¹, Dr. A. Scott¹, Dr. L. Xu¹, R. Segal² ¹University of Waterloo, Canada; ²Arctic Eider Society 4:20pm - 4:40pm RCM Compact Polarimetry for Oil Spill Characterization G. Staples, J. Chen MDA, Canada
3:00pm - 4:40pm	Scientific Session 07: Land Use and Land Cover Classification Location: SUB 270 Session Chair: Desmond Power Session Chair: Dr. H Peter White
	3:00pm - 3:20pm Super-Resolution Domain Adaptation Networks for Semantic Segmentation of Linear Disturbances in Low-Resolution Satellite Imagery Dr. A. M. Nagel¹, A. Webster², C. J. Henry³, C. Storie¹, O. Tsui², Dr. A. Dean² ¹University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2E9; ²Hatfield Consultants, 200-850 Harbourside Dr, North Vancouver, BC, V7P 0A3; ³University of Manitoba, 66 Chancellors Cir, Winnipeg, MB, R2T 2N2 3:20pm - 3:40pm Towards Precision Weed Management with Drone Technology: Evaluating the Efficiency of Aerial Imaging and Image Classifier in Detecting Spreading Dogbane in Lowbush Blueberry Fields M. F. Bilodeau¹, C. Toombs¹, Dr. T. J. Esau¹, Dr. L. Calderwood² ¹1Department of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada; ²2School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States 3:40pm - 4:00pm Changes in Nova Scotia Forests: Assessing Forest Gain and Loss from 1986 to 2022 M. Moniruzzaman¹, G. Islam¹, M. M. Hasan¹, Dr. P. S. S. Matsumoto¹, Dr. M. Novak¹, Dr. P. Bush², Dr. K. R. Rahaman¹ ¹Wicked Problems Lab (WPL), Saint Mary's University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3C3; ²Forestry Division, Department of Natural Resources and Renewables, 15 Arlington Place, Truro, NS B2N 0G9 4:00pm - 4:20pm Reconstructing snow-free Sentinel-2 Satellite Imagery: A Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) approach. Dr. T. S. Oluwadare¹, Dr. D. Chen¹, O. Oluwafemi², M. Babadi¹ ¹Queens University, Canada; ²University of Toledo, Ohio, United States 4:20pm - 4:40pm Exploring the Past and Informing the Future: Historical Urban Land-Use Classification and Change Detection in Fredericton Using U-Net Model M. Ghobakhloo, M. Ghobakhloo, Y. Zhang, S. Mullaly University of New Brunswick, Canada
4:40pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 5: Artificial Intelligence Methods and Models - Part 2 Location: SUB McInnes Room Poster stand numbers: 01-07
	Machine Learning-Based Detection of Burned Areas and Preliminary Estimation of Carbon Emission in the 2023 Canadian Wildfires Dr. Z. Zhong¹, C. Ottah¹, Dr. J. Bermúdez¹, Dr. C. Rogers², S. Qin¹, Dr. D. Han¹, R. B. Lourenço¹, K. So¹, Dr. A. Gonsamo¹ ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; ²Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada Rapid Urban Flood Mapping with Low-Cost Annotations Based on Weakly Supervised Learning Method Dr. Y. He¹, Dr. J. Wang¹, Dr. Y. Zhang², Dr. C. Liao³ ¹Department of Geography and Environment, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada; ²Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada, 560 Rochester Street, Ottawa, ON K1S 5K2, Canada; ³School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519082, China Improving AI Change and Damage Detection in Off-Nadir Imagery through Radiometric Enhancement S. J. McNally, A. Nielsen, A. Barrieau, Dr. S. Jabari University of New Brunswick, Canada Spatio-temporal Change Detection of Wetlands in Ramsar Wetland Cities using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study from Colombo Ramsar Wetland City, Sri Lanka (1988-2023) U. I. Senanayake¹, D. K Weerakoon², K. Millard¹, S. Mitchell¹ ¹Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,Carleton University, Canada; ²Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, University of Colombo,Sri Lanka Peat Depth and Carbon Storage of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada Y. Li¹, Dr. D. Han¹, Dr. C. Rogers², Dr. S. Finkelstein³, Dr. M. Packalen⁴, Dr. X. Geng⁵, Dr. J. McLaughlin⁴, Dr. J. Snider⁶, Dr. A. Gonsamo¹ ¹McMaster University, Canada; ²Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ⁴Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada; ⁵Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; ⁶World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Aerobiological and Microclimatic Monitoring Platform for the Preservation of Tangible Values in Museums and Archives Dr. M. Montuori University of Ferrara, Department of Architecture, Italy Applying Machine Learning and Sentinel-2 Imagery to assessing Woody Plant Encroachment in southern Alberta Rangelands E. N. Denning, Dr. E. G. Lamb, Dr. X. Guo University of Saskatchewan, Canada
4:40pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 6: Water and Wetlands Remote Sensing Location: SUB McInnes Room Poster stand numbers: 08-16
	Using the Landsat Archive to Evaluate Wetland Extent Trends in the Eastern Slopes of Alberta, Canada I. Rodrigues¹, C. Hopkinson¹, L. Chasmer¹, Dr. R. MacDonald¹, S. Bayley² ¹Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada Comparing Satellite NDVI and Bi-Temporal Airborne Lidar Canopy Height to Examine Boreal Wetland Vegetation Changes Within the Peace Athabasca Delta F. Aslami¹, Dr. C. Hopkinson¹, Dr. L. Chasmer¹, Dr. C. Mahoney², Dr. D. L Peters³ ¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Government of Alberta, Environment and Parks; ³Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Victoria Understanding the Contribution of Wetland Types in Atmospheric Methane Concentration using TROPOMI data: A Newfoundland Case Study M. Hemati¹, Dr. M. Mahdianpari^1,2, Dr. H. Shiri³, Dr. F. Mohammadimanesh² ¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; ²C-CORE, 1 Morrissey Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; ³Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Long-Term Monitoring of Chlorophyll-a in Small Inland Waters Using Landsat Heritage and Machine Learning Models Dr. A. Chegoonian^1,2, C. Duguay^1,3, P. Leavitt² ¹University of Waterloo, Canada; ²University of Regina, Canada; ³H2O Geomatics Inc., Canada Evaluation of Sentinel-6A SAR and Low-Resolution Altimetry Models for deriving Water Surface Elevation of Canadian Lakes C. Fitzpatrick, J. Leach, M. Garner, D. Stiff Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Assessment of phytoplankton assemblages from ocean color in the St. Lawrence Lower Estuary and Gulf A. Boismenu¹, C. Nozais², M. Gosselin¹, S. Bélanger² ¹Institut des sciences de la mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Québec, Canada; ²Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Québec, Canada Mapping aquatic vegetation in shallow clear water of Nova Scotia: Is seagrass identification possible? K. L. Wilson, E. Devred Government of Canada, Canada Multitemporal mapping of groundwater ecosystem services in the context of land use and climate changes. S. Randrianiaina¹, R. Fournier¹, J. Théau¹, C. Talec² ¹Department of Applied Geomatics, Centre d’Applications et de Recherches en Télédétection, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada; ²École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques-Géomatique, Université Gustav-Eiffel, France Canadian SWOT Lakes Activities: An Initial Examination of SWOT Data for Lake Athabasca and Mamawi Lake - Implications for Water Resources Monitoring D. L Peters¹, P. Matte¹, M. Dabboor¹, C. Spence¹, M. Russell¹, N. Van Nieuwenhuizen¹, Y. Secretan¹, F. Anctils², M. A. Bessar², D. Purnell², M. Trudel², G. Siles³, S. Biancamaria⁴ ¹Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada; ²Université Laval; ³Université de Sherbrooke; ⁴LEGOS- Université de Toulouse
4:40pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 7: Environmental and Climate-Change Monitoring Location: SUB McInnes Room Poster stand numbers: 17-23
	Assessment of L-Band Radar Estimates of LAI and Biomass in Boreal Forests K. M. Wicks, Dr. J. Thomas Ambadan, A. Berg University of Guelph, Canada Remote Sensing of Vegetation Changes in the Peary Caribou Habitat E. Hamel Jomphe^1,2, Dr C. A. Johnson^1,3, E. Lévesque^1,2, A. Langlois¹, A. Roy^1,2 ¹Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; ²Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; ³Environnement et Changement Climatique Canada Monitoring Vegetation Regeneration: Exploring Multiple Remotely Piloted Aircraft System Sensors and Methodologies B. Pearse¹, Dr. C. Hopkinson¹, Dr. L. Chasmer¹, Dr. C. Coburn¹, J. Anderson² ¹Dept. Geography and Environment, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3E3; ²Integral Ecology Group, 4290 Wheatley Road, Duncan, B.C., V9L 6H Design and Construction of a Goniometer for Laboratory Measurement of the Bidirectional Reflectance of Geological Material A. Camon, G. Couët, A. Mandeville, P. Ménard, M. Lemelin Université de Sherbrooke, Canada Characterizing Spectra of Lunar Minerals by Using Regolith Simulant and Mineral Mixtures to Prepare for Upcoming Lunar Missions. A. Camon, M. Lemelin Université de Sherbrooke, Canada NDVI Trends Across the Peace Athabasca Delta Indicate Vegetation Threshold Response to Hydroclimatic Drivers F. Aslami¹, Dr. C. Hopkinson¹, Dr. L. Chasmer¹, Dr. D. L Peters², Dr. C. Coburn¹ ¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²2Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Victoria A Peatland Sub-class, Vegetation Height and Phenology Map for the Canadian Boreal Forest N. Pontone, Dr. K. Millard Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Canada
4:40pm - 5:40pm	Poster Session 8: Mapping and Monitoring Urban Areas Location: SUB McInnes Room Poster stand numbers: 24-30
	Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Saguenay Area: Integrating PSInSAR to Improve Risk Assessment M. Mohsenifard, R. Magagi, K. Goita Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada Validation d’un Modèle de Simulation de la Propagation de la Lumière Artificielle Nocturne pour Accompagner les Municipalités à Réaliser une Transition d’Éclairage Respectueuse de l’Environnement et de la Santé Humaine. A. Mbengue¹, M. Aube², Dr H. Linares², O. Brière³, E. So³, Y. Bouroubi¹ ¹Département de Géomatique Appliquée, Université Sherbrooke; ²Département de Physique, Cégep de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke,; ³Corporation de développement socioéconomique de Saint-Camille,Canada Spatiotemporal sprawl of urban land use in a Brazilian city in the Atlantic Forest Biome M. P. Ribeiro¹, V. S. Viégas², Dr. K. de Mello³, Dr. R. A. Valente⁴, Dr. D. Chen⁵ ¹Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil and Queen’s University, Canada; ²Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ³Charles Darwin University and CSIRO, Australia; ⁴Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil; ⁵Queen’s University, Canada UAS and TLS 3D Data Fusion for Built Cultural Heritage Assessment and the Application for St. Catherine Monastery in Ferrara, Italy M. Balestrieri¹, I. Valmori¹, Dr. M. Montuori² ¹Matilde Balestrieri & Irene Valmori Private practice, Italy; ²University of Ferrara, Department of Architecture, Italy Spatio-temporal Assessment of NO2 Concentration Across Edmonton City Employing Satellite Remote Sensing Data M. Moniruzzaman, Dr. M. Novak, Dr. K. R. Rahaman Department of Geography and Environmental Studies & Wicked Problems Lab (WPL), Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3C3 AOD Changes in the Greater Toronto Area under the Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns J. Yan¹, D. Chen¹, S. Gong² ¹Queen's University, Canada; ²Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China Identification and Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants Using Satellite Imagery O. A. M. S. Abdelrahman, D. E. Almuina Pica, Dr. A. Shaker, Dr. E. Elbeshbishy Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada Reconstructing existing underground service networks through BIM methodology: A case study L. Inzerillo, Dr. F. Acuto, A. Pisciotta, Dr. K. Mantalovas, G. Di Mino Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy
6:30pm - 10:00pm	CRSS-SCT Awards Ceremony and Stand-up Reception - Canadian Museum of Immigration Location: Pier 21

Date: Thursday, 13/June/2024
8:00am - 9:00am	3-Minute Thesis Competition Location: SUB McInnes Room
9:00am - 10:00am	Keynote 4: Two Paths Becoming One: An Indigenous Perspective on Earth Observation Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Speaker: Nikki Tulley
10:00am - 10:20am	Health Break Location: SUB McInnes Room
10:20am - 12:00pm	Invited Session 6: AI4EO - Artificial intelligence for Earth observation analytics Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Session Chair: Dr. Masoud Mahdianpari Session Chair: Dirk Werle
	10:20am - 10:40am Enhancing Crop Cover Estimation and Mapping using Machine Learning Approaches in Google Earth Engine M. Rahimzad, S. Homayouni INRS, Canada 10:40am - 11:00am High-resolution Pan-Arctic Sea Ice Mapping from Sentinel-1 SAR Images using a Novel Deep Transformer Model Dr. L. Xu, Dr. D. Clausi Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada 11:00am - 11:20am Coastal Wetland Carbon Mapping: Integrating Multi-Sensor Observations with Machine Learning M. Hemati¹, Dr. M. Mahdianpari^1,2, Dr. H. Shiri³, Dr. F. Mohammadimanesh² ¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; ²C-CORE, 1 Morrissey Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; ³Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada 11:20am - 11:40am Daily wildfire hotspot prediction using convolutional neural network and long short-term memory M. Marjani¹, Dr. M. Mahdianpari^1,2, Dr. F. Mohammadimanesh² ¹Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; ²C-CORE 11:40am - 12:00pm A Semi-Automatic Multitemporal Approach for Landslide Detection in Remote Regions of Quebec H. Shahabi¹, S. Homayouni¹, B. Giroux¹, Dr. D. Perret² ¹Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Quebec, Canada; ²2Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Québec City, Canada
10:20am - 12:00pm	Scientific Session 08: Remote Sensing for Ecosystem - Part 1 Location: SUB 303 Session Chair: Dr. Laura Elizabeth Chasmer Session Chair: Dr. Sylvain G Leblanc
	10:20am - 10:40am Using Optical Remote Sensing to Monitor and Manage Woody Plant Expansion in Grasslands I. Soubry, Dr. X. Guo University of Saskatchewan, Canada 10:40am - 11:00am Tracking Cyanobacterial Blooms in Alberta Lakes with Remote Sensing F. M. Gregory¹, T. Doan¹, J. Guo¹, Dr. R. Vinebrooke², R. Layugan², B. Peter³, J. Hird¹, Dr. C. McClain¹ ¹Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, Canada; ²Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada; ³Alberta Lake Management Society, Canada 11:00am - 11:20am Segmentation of C Losses from Uplands, Peatlands and Permafrost Plateaus During the Scotty Creek NWT Wildland Fire using Landsat and Lidar Dr. L. E. Chasmer¹, L. Flade¹, E. Jones¹, K. Nelson¹, W. Quinton², C. Hopkinson¹ ¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada 11:20am - 11:40am Modeling Forest Plot Decay Levels from Airborne LiDAR Metrics A. Sani-Mohammed¹, W. Yao^1,2, Dr. R. Fekry³, T. C. Wong¹, M. Heurich^4,5,6 ¹Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); ²The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China; ³Department of Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Benha University, Egypt; ⁴Department for National Park Monitoring and Animal Management, Bavarian Forest National Park, 94481 Grafenau, Germany; ⁵Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; ⁶Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Campus Evenstad, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Koppang, Norway 11:40am - 12:00pm Grassland Mapping in Manitoba Prairie Ecozone Using Satellite Data and Supervised Machine Learning Approaches on Google Earth Engine M. Mousavi Choobeh¹, Dr. J. Biney¹, Dr. M. R. Cordeiro², Dr. N. Badreldin¹ ¹Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Canada; ²Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:20am - 12:00pm	Scientific Session 09: Remote Sensing for Natural Hazards Location: SUB 307 Session Chair: Ashlin Richardson Session Chair: Dr. Evangelos Bousias Alexakis
	10:20am - 10:40am Remote Sensing-based Near Real-Time Forecasting of Forest Fire Danger Conditions Dr. M. R. Ahmed¹, Dr. Q. K. Hassan², Dr. M. Abdollahi², Dr. A. Gupta² ¹Government of Northwest Territories; ²University of Calgary 10:40am - 11:00am Operational Near-real-time Pixel-based Image Compositing for Large-area Fire and Burned Severity Mapping in British Columbia A. Richardson¹, S. Siddall¹, R. Stohmann¹, Dr. M. Crowley², Dr. M. De Jong², A. Bevington¹, W. MacKinnon² ¹Province of British Columbia; ²Natural Resources Canada 11:00am - 11:20am Assessment of ALOS-2 L-Band Polarimetric SAR for Fire Danger Monitoring in Mountainous Forests of British Columbia M. Loncar¹, A. Richardson², B. Leblon¹ ¹Lakehead University; ²British Columbia Wildfire Service 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 The University of Calgary, Canada 11:40am - 12:00pm RADARSAT Constellation Mission SAR Data and Deep Learning for Wildfire Monitoring Y. Ban¹, Y. Zhao¹, A. Richardson² ¹KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; ²British Columbia Wildfire Services
10:20am - 12:00pm	Scientific Session 10: Monitoring Cryosphere and Water Resources Location: SUB 270 Session Chair: Prof. Chris Hopkinson Session Chair: Dr. Celeste Charmaine Barnes
	10:20am - 10:40am Comparing Spatialised Precipitation Estimates with Lidar-based Snow Water Equivalent in a Mountainous Watershed Dr. C. C. Barnes¹, Dr. R. J MacDonald², Dr. C. Hopkinson¹ ¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²MacDonald Hydrology Consultants Ltd. 10:40am - 11:00am Testing a Remote Sensing-based Sampling and Imputation Framework to Model Regional-scale Mountain Snow Water Equivalent for Drought Mitigation Dr. C. Hopkinson¹, Dr. C. Barnes¹, Dr. B. Newton², F. Aslami¹, Dr. L. Chasmer¹, M. Okhrimenko¹, I. Rodrigues¹, M. Singer³, J. Van Gaalen¹ ¹University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; ²Alberta Environment & Protected Areas, Calgary, Alberta; ³Teledyne Optech, Vaughn, Ontario 11:00am - 11:20am Polarimetric L-Band ALOS for Permafrost Characterization in the Hudson Bay Lowlands P. Wilson, R. Touzi, G. Gosselin Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Canada 11:20am - 11:40am Snow water equivalent from Ku-band radar: An update on the Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission concept Dr. J. Bergeron¹, Dr. C. Derksen², A. Fourmault¹, Dr. R. Girard¹, Dr. B. Montpetit², P. Plourde¹, Dr. V. Vionnet² ¹Canadian Space Agency, Canada; ²Environment and Climate Change Canada 11:40am - 12:00pm Bayesian Fusion of Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2 Imagery for Lake Ice Monitoring Dr. H. M. Adebanjo¹, Dr. C. Chabaani¹, Dr. S. Homayouni¹, Dr. K. Chokmani¹, Dr. N. Rochdi² ¹Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada; ²NorthStar Earth and Space
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch Location: SUB Lobby (2nd floor) Delegates may pick up lunch from SUB 2nd Floor Lobby and may choose to have lunch in Cafeteria on the first floor of SUB.
1:00pm - 2:40pm	Invited Session 7: Aquatic Remote Sensing Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building) Session Chair: Dr. Maycira Costa Session Chair: Kristen Lynn Wilson
	1:00pm - 1:20pm Vicarious Calibration and Validation of the WaterSat Imaging Spectrometer Experiment in Québec Coastal Waters R. Mabit¹, G. Ifimov², R. Soffer², Y. Pan³, S. Mukherjee¹, S. Bélanger¹ ¹UQAR, Canada; ²NRC, Canada; ³Arctus inc, Canada 1:20pm - 1:40pm Using SAR Imagery to Detect Seasonal Variability of Kelp Forests in British Columbia M. Konik¹, E. Loos², A. Mora-Soto¹, S. Schroeder¹, L. Gendall¹, L. Man¹, V. Caron², M. Henley², P. Rezania², M. Costa¹ ¹Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; ²Vertex Resource Group Ltd., Victoria, BC, Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Spectral Herring Spawning Index: a novel method for the detection of Pacific Herring spawning in British Columbia L. T. Dallaire, M. Costa SPECTRAL Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Victoria, Canada 2:00pm - 2:20pm Adjacency Effect Modelling and Correction for Optical Remote Sensing of Inland and Coastal Waters Y. Wu, A. Knudby University of Ottawa, Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Using Optical Remote Sensing to characterize the Spatio-Temporal Resilience of Floating Kelp Beds in the Broughton Archipelago, BC, Canada L. Man¹, Dr. R. V. Barbosa^1,2,3, L. Gendall^1,4, L. Y. Reshytnik⁵, A. Wachmann¹, A. Gray¹, Dr. C. Neufeld⁶, N. Dedeluk⁷, E. Wisden-Seaweed⁷, U. Kim⁷, A. Wadhams⁷, J. Johnson⁷, J. Alfred⁷, J. Webber⁷, D. Wadhams⁷, T. Alfred⁷, D. Johnson⁷, Dr. M. Costa¹ ¹University of Victoria, Canada; ²The Kelp Rescue Initiative; ³Salmon Coast Field Station; ⁴University of Western Australia; ⁵Hakai Institute; ⁶University of British Columbia, Okanagan; ⁷Broughton Aquaculture Transition Initiative
1:00pm - 2:40pm	Scientific Session 11: Remote Sensing for Ecosystem - Part 2 Location: SUB 303 Session Chair: Prof. Aaron Andrew Berg Session Chair: Prof. Brigitte Leblon
	1:00pm - 1:20pm Severe droughts are putting Canadian peatland carbon stocks at risk: a remote sensing analysis of fire selectivity and behavior in peatlands over the extreme 2023 fire season Dr. N. Pelletier¹, Dr. D. Thompson², N. Pontone¹, L. Guindon², Dr. K. Millard¹ ¹Carleton University, Canada; ²Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada 1:20pm - 1:40pm Monitoring Post-Wildland Fire Vegetation Regeneration using Lidar and Spectral Indices in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta J. F. Van Gaalen, Dr. C. Hopkinson, J. Aspinall, B. Pearse, Dr. L. Chasmer University of Lethbridge, Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Distribution of Combustible Fuels in Canada’s Iconic Montane National Parks under Variable Management and Disturbance Conditions using Airborne Lidar and the arboSense Fuels Tool Dr. L. E. Chasmer¹, T. Skretting¹, Dr. C. Shang², O. Tsui², S. Parsian¹, Dr. Z. Xi³, E. A. Jones¹, Dr. A. Dean², Dr. C. Watson⁴, J. Park⁵, Dr. P. James⁶, Dr. J. Boucher⁷, C. Hopkinson¹ ¹University of Lethbridge, Canada; ²Hatfield Consultants; ³Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre; ⁴Parks Canada, Jasper National Park; ⁵Parks Canada, Banff National Park; ⁶Daniels Faculty – Forestry, University of Toronto; ⁷Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre 2:00pm - 2:20pm In Situ Modeling of Freezing/Melting Point Depression Across Diverse Canadian Ecosystems: An Analysis of Soil Freezing Characteristics Using Permittivity and Temperature Measurements H. Salmabadi^1,2, A. Berg³, A. Roy^1,2 ¹Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada; ²Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada; ³Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2:20pm - 2:40pm Remote sensing of vegetation with small drones over a bog and its surrounding land Dr. S. Leblanc, Dr. H. P. White Natural Resources Canada
1:00pm - 2:40pm	Scientific Session 12: Application of Remote Sensing in Forestry Location: SUB 307 Session Chair: Prof. Richard Fournier Session 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 Castro¹, Dr. C. Rogers², Dr. C. Sother³, Dr. A. Gonsamo¹ ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; ²Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³Planet Labs PBC, San Francisco, CA, USA 1:20pm - 1:40pm Individual Tree Crown Delineation for Coniferous Trees Using StarDist Model Dr. F. Tong, Prof. Y. Zhang University of New Brunswick, Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Tree Species Classification on Hyperspectral Imagery Using Fewer Training Samples Dr. F. Tong, Y. Zhang University of New Brunswick, Canada 2:00pm - 2:20pm Direct Estimation of Forest Aboveground Biomass from UAV LiDAR Observations for a Red Pine Plantation in Southern Ontario J. Chau¹, K. So¹, S. Rudd², D. T. Robinson³, A. Gonsamo¹ ¹School of Earth, Environment and Society, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada; ²Korotu Technology, 720 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2R4, Canada; ³Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada 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 York University, Canada
1:00pm - 2:40pm	Scientific Session 13: Satellite Data, Mapping, and Machine Learning Location: SUB 270 Session Chair: Tom Lukowski Session Chair: Daniel Alan Jewell
	1:00pm - 1:20pm Estimating Tailings Storage Facility Bathymetry Using Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imagery and Machine Learning Dr. C. Stringari, Dr. J. Engelbrecht, Dr. B. Eaton BGC Engineering, Canada 1:20pm - 1:40pm Automated detection of Mine Tailings via Object-Based classification of Sentinel-2 Images D. A. Jewell¹, Dr. L. M. Campbell¹, Dr. H. P. White² ¹Saint Mary's University; ²Natural Resources Canada 1:40pm - 2:00pm Mapping Burn Severity across Canada S. Rodrigue¹, Dr. E. Whitman¹, L. Guindon², Dr. D. Correia², R. Skakun¹ ¹Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, 5320 122 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6H 3S5; ²Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, 1055 Rue du Peps, Québec, QC G1V 4C7 2:00pm - 2:20pm Development of high resolution Vegetation Index Data from JPSS Dr. Y. Yu, Dr. Y. Zhou NOAA/NESDIS, United States of America 2:20pm - 2:40pm Using Satellite Products to Estimate Wetland Parameters of a Semi-Distributed Hydrological Model A.-M. Laroche¹, Y. Duguay², M. Trudel³, A. N. Rousseau⁴ ¹Université de Moncton, Canada; ²Centre de Géomatique du Québec; ³Université de Sherbrooke; ⁴INRS Eau Terre Environnement
2:40pm - 3:00pm	Health Break Location: SUB McInnes Room
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Closing Session and Symposium Awards Location: Scotiabank Auditorium (McCain Building)
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