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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
FR1.R16: Soils: Passive Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture II
Friday, 14 August, 08:30 - 09:45
Location: Lincoln East
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Zhengwei Yang, USDA/NASS and Ali Gurbuz, North Carolina State University
Track: Land Applications
Fri, 14 Aug, 08:30 - 08:45

FR1.R16.1: Cross-Platform and Cross-Site Transfer of L-Band Radiometry Soil Moisture Retrieval From Tower-Based to UAV Observations
Foad Brakhasi, Jeffrey Walker, Noor Ul Ain Ayaz, Monash University, Australia
Fri, 14 Aug, 08:45 - 09:00

FR1.R16.2: Mapping Crop Soil Moisture Conditions Using SMAP Soil Moisture Anomaly Data
zhengwei yang, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, United States; Wanru Li, Jingyi Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Fri, 14 Aug, 09:00 - 09:15

FR1.R16.3: ROOT ZONE SOIL MOISTURE AND SOIL HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES MAPPING BASED ON DRONE-BASED REMOTELY SENSED NEAR-SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE
Meng Cao, Jeffrey Walker, Xiaoling Wu, Mostafa Rahimi Jamnani, Foad Brakhasi, Noor Ayaz, monash university, Australia; Ivor Gaylard, John D. Bussell, SWAN system, Australia
Fri, 14 Aug, 09:15 - 09:30

FR1.R16.4: DIAGNOSING ALGORITHM-DEPENDENT TRADE-OFFS IN C-BAND SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVALS USING AMSR2 AND AN L-BAND REFERENCE (SMOS)
Kumiko Tsujimoto, Okayama University, Japan; Tetsu Ohta, Assistance Unit for Research and Engineering Development (U-PRIMO), Japan
Fri, 14 Aug, 09:30 - 09:45

FR1.R16.5: A DYNAMIC WEIGHTING SCHEME FOR JOINT P- AND L-BAND SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL
Xiaoji Shen, Tongji University, China; Qiaozhu Ji, Liujun Zhu, Hohai University, China; Nan Ye, Jeffrey Walker, Monash University, China