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WE2.R18: Forest and Vegetation IV

Wednesday, 12 August, 11:00 - 12:15

Location: Monroe

Session Type: Oral

Session Co-Chairs: Melba M. Crawford, Purdue University and Sergio Vitale, University of Naples Parthenope

Track: Land Applications

Wed, 12 Aug, 11:00 - 11:15

WE2.R18.1: Sensitivity of VOD-Based Vegetation Water Pool Estimates to Structural Parameterization in Reference Vegetation Water Storage Datasets

Duncan Jurayj, Jessica Fayne, University of Michigan

Wed, 12 Aug, 11:15 - 11:30

WE2.R18.2: ASSESSMENT OF GRAZINGLAND LEAF AREA INDEX FROM HARMONIZED LANDSAT–SENTINEL-2 (HLS) DATA USING FIELD MEASUREMENTS IN OKLAHOMA

Haoteng Zhao, George Mason University; Feng Gao, Martha Anderson, USDA ARS; Isabella Maciel, Noble Research Institute LLC; Jisung Geba Chang, Erika Peirce, USDA ARS; Sean Kearney, Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association; Liping Di, George Mason University

Wed, 12 Aug, 11:30 - 11:45

WE2.R18.3: A ROBUST AND EFFICIENT FRAMEWORK FOR FOREST STRUCTURE RETRIEVAL: VALIDATING ML FRAMEWORK ACROSS DIVERSE OBSERVATION SCENARIOS

Francesca Razzano, Wenyu Yang, Sergio Vitale, Giampaolo Ferraioli, University of Naples Parthenope; Silvia Ullo, University of Sannio; Gilda Schirinzi, University of Naples Parthenope

Wed, 12 Aug, 11:45 - 12:00

WE2.R18.4: A SPECTRAL FIDELITY PRESERVING PAN SHARPENING NEW FUSION FRAMEWORK FOR VEGETATION MONITORING

Md Rifat Hossain, Melba M. Crawford, Bryan C. Pijanowski, Purdue University

Wed, 12 Aug, 12:00 - 12:15

WE2.R18.5: TREE SPECIES DETECTION IN BOREAL FORESTS USING YOLOV8 ON HIGH-RESOLUTION UAV-DERIVED DATA

Esra Sengun, Linnaeus University; Samet Aksoy, Elif Sertel, Istanbul Technical University; Johan E.S. Fransson, Linnaeus University