IEEE GRSS
First Slide
2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
WEP1.PG: Land Cover Dynamics I
Wednesday, 12 August, 09:45 - 11:00
Location: Columbia, Poster Area G
Session Type: Poster
Session Chair: Natalie Memarsadeghi, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Track: Land Applications
Columbia, Poster Area G

WEP1.PG.1: ASSESSING FLOOD RISK RESPONSES TO NLCD LANDCOVER CHANGE IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN
Natalie Memarsadeghi, Chelsea Dandridge, Abigail Grant, Adam Sisco, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, United States; Imaan Kasim, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, United States
Columbia, Poster Area G

WEP1.PG.2: Spatiotemporal Land Use and Population Dynamics in Southeast Texas (2001-2021)
Md Saffiquzzaman Chowdhury, Yong Je Kim, Jaeyoon (Jason) Kim, The University of Texas at El Paso, United States; Arip Syaripudin Nur, Lamar University, United States; Rinaz Riyaz Mohamed, Stantec, United States; Jigarbhai Mansukhbhai Sonani, Stiver Engineering, United States
Columbia, Poster Area G

WEP1.PG.3: DEEP LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR REGIONAL 2M LAND COVER MAPPING IN SENEGAL.
Konrad Wessels, Minh Tri Le, George Mason University, United States; Jordan Caraballo-Vega, Margaret Wooten, Chris Neigh, Mark Carroll, NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center, United States; Molly Brown, University of Maryland, United States; Abdoul Aziz Diouf, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, Senegal; Modou Mbaye, Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute, Senegal
Columbia, Poster Area G

WEP1.PG.4: DEEP LEARNING-BASED LAND COVER CHANGE DETECTION FOLLOWING HURRICANE MICHAEL USING HIGH-RESOLUTION MULTI TEMPORAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
Abdul Mobin Ibna Hafiz, Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Florida State University, United States; Ehsan Jalilvand, NASA, United States
Columbia, Poster Area G

WEP1.PG.5: GEOSPATIAL MODELING OF ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY: A LEAST-COST PATH OPTIMIZATION FOR THE MINNERIYA-WASGAMUWA ELEPHANT CORRIDOR, SRI LANKA
Bhanuka Nayanajith, Oshadi Aloka, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Columbia, Poster Area G

WEP1.PG.6: COMBINING THE TEXTURES OF SENTINEL-1 AND PALSAR-2 IMAGES TO MONITOR FOREST COVER ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF ECUADOR
Valentine Sollier, Frédéric Frappart, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, France; Luc Bourrel, Institut de recherche pour le développement, France; Bertrand Ygorra, Cassandra Normandin, Olivier Bastide, Clément Battista, Solène Renaudineau, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, France; Luis Huaraca, Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica, Ecuador; Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, France
Columbia, Poster Area G

WEP1.PG.7: AUTOMATED AGRO-PASTORAL ENCLOSURE DETECTION USING INSTANCE SEGMENTATION FOR ENHANCED LAND COVER LAND USE MAPPING IN SOMALIA
Rizos-Theodoros Chadoulis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Maria Zubkova, University of Maryland, United States; Constantine Kotropoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Ioannis Manakos, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece; Grigoris Kalantonis, University of Patras, Greece
Columbia, Poster Area G

WEP1.PG.8: Assessment of Vegetation Dynamics After South Sugar Loaf and Snowstorm Wildfires Using Remote Sensing Spectral Indices
Ibtihaj Ahmad, Haroon Stephen, University of Nevada Las Vegas, United States