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.R1: Soil Moisture Related Applications

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: Ruzbeh Akbar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Howard Zebker, Stanford University
Session Managers: Thiago Borba Onofre and Natalia Indira Vargas Cuentas
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.R1.1: SENSITIVITY OF CYGNSS-DERIVED SOIL MOISTURE TO GLOBAL PRECIPITATION
Qingyun Yan, Shuanggen Jin, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China; Weimin Huang, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; Yan Jia, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Canada
14:40-14:50 (UTC)
22:40-22:50 (UTC +8)
16:40-16:50 (UTC +2)
07:40-07:50 (UTC -7)

WE2.R1.2: SOIL MOISTURE MAPPING WITH POLARIMETRIC SAR IN HUANGHE DELTA OF CHINA
Lihua Lan, Key Laboratory of Target Microwave Properties and Remote Sensing of Zhejiang Province, China; Tingting Zhang, Yun Shao, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Zhengshan Ju, Ministry of Natural Resources, China; Xun Chai, Urban-Rural Planning Administration Center of Ministry of Natural Resources, 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.R1.3: IDENTIFYING TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION-SOIL MOISTURE OSCILLATION FROM SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS
Qing He, Siyu Yue, Hui Lu, Zhuang Liu, Xiaomeng Huang, Tsinghua University, China; Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
15:00-15:10 (UTC)
23:00-23:10 (UTC +8)
17:00-17:10 (UTC +2)
08:00-08:10 (UTC -7)

WE2.R1.4: IMPROVING SOIL MOISTURE SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION USING MACHINE LEARNING METHOD
Yaokui Cui, Xi Chen, Zengliang Luo, Institute of RS and GIS, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking 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.R1.5: OPTIMIZATION OF MODEL PARAMETERS FOR SM ESTIMATION USING SENTINEL-1 DATA WITH EFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF WHEAT GROWTH CYCLE
Ajay Kumar Maurya, Dharmendra Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
15:20-15:30 (UTC)
23:20-23:30 (UTC +8)
17:20-17:30 (UTC +2)
08:20-08:30 (UTC -7)

WE2.R1.6: OBSERVATION OF SOIL MOISTURE VERTICAL PROFILES FROM GNSS SIGNAL MULTI-PATH INTERFERENCES

Xiaoyu Ma, Zhizhan Tang, Shurun Tan, Zhejiang University, China
15:30-15:40 (UTC)
23:30-23:40 (UTC +8)
17:30-17:40 (UTC +2)
08:30-08:40 (UTC -7)

WE2.R1.7: SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL ONLY USING SMAP L-BAND RADAR OBSERVATIONS
Panpan Yao, Hui Lu, Wenli Wang, Changkun Shao, Kun Yang, Tsinghua University, China; Daniel Gianotti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Zhuang Liu, Xiaomeng Huang, Tsinghua University, China; Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
15:40-15:50 (UTC)
23:40-23:50 (UTC +8)
17:40-17:50 (UTC +2)
08:40-08:50 (UTC -7)

WE2.R1.8: ASSESSMENT OF SMAP AND ESA CCI SOIL MOISTURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES BASIN
Xiaoyong Xu, Brandon Shew, Shadia Zaman, Joseph Lee, Yun Zhi, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
15:50-16:00 (UTC)
23:50-00:00 (UTC +8)
17:50-18:00 (UTC +2)
08:50-09:00 (UTC -7)

WE2.R1.9: COMPARISON OF SMAP AND NLDAS-2 SOIL MOISTURE DATA SETS OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS
Bo Jiang, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, China; Hongbo Su, Florida Atlantic University, 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.R1.10: MACHINE LEARNING BASED SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM MULTISPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING
Samuel Araya, Stanford University, United States; Anna Fryjoff-Hung, Andreas Anderson, Joshua Viers, Teamrat Ghezzehei, University of California, Merced, United States
16:10-16:20 (UTC)
00:10-00:20 (UTC +8)
18:10-18:20 (UTC +2)
09:10-09:20 (UTC -7)

WE2.R1.11: MULTI-TEMPORAL CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SATELLITE-DERIVED SOIL MOISTURE OBSERVATION ENHANCEMENT
Grigorios Tsagkatakis, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Greece; Mahta Moghaddam, University of Southern California, United States; Panagiotis Tsakalides, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Greece
16:20-16:30 (UTC)
00:20-00:30 (UTC +8)
18:20-18:30 (UTC +2)
09:20-09:30 (UTC -7)

WE2.R1.12: JOINT RETRIEVAL OF SOIL MOISTURE AND PERMAFROST ACTIVE LAYER THICKNESS USING L-BAND INSAR AND P-BAND POLSAR
Richard Chen, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States; Roger Michaelides, Stanford University, United States; Taylor Sullivan, Andrew Parsekian, University of Wyoming, United States; Howard Zebker, Stanford University, United States; Mahta Moghaddam, University of Southern California, United States; Kevin Schaefer, National Snow and Ice Data Center, United States