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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
MOP2.PM: Large-scale forest structure and change mapping with the fusion of radar and lidar/optical sensors
Monday, 10 August, 15:00 - 16:15
Location: Columbia, Poster Area M
Session Type: Poster
Session Co-Chairs: Paul Siqueira, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Matteo Pardini, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Track: Community Contributed Themes
Columbia, Poster Area M

MOP2.PM.1: High-Resolution Tree Cover Density Mapping of Ukraine Using GEDI Lidar and Sentinel Imagery
Bohdan Yailymov, Space Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine; Hanna Yailymova, National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute», Ukraine; Nataliia Kussul, University of Maryland, United States
Columbia, Poster Area M

MOP2.PM.2: Automatic Registration of Multi-Scan Terrestrial Laser Scanning Point Clouds in Forest Environments by Combining Reverse Sector Voxelization with Ray Tracing
Xinyi Han, Zongqi Yao, Xiaoli Zhang, Beijing Forestry University, China
Columbia, Poster Area M

MOP2.PM.3: RAY-TRACING-BASED ANALYSIS OF SEASONAL VEGETATION CHANGES USING UAV-MEASURED RADIO SIGNALS LINKED TO VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH
Joyita Halder, Mohammad Ehsanul Hoque, Abesh Ghosh, Mehmet Kurum, University of Georgia, United States
Columbia, Poster Area M

MOP2.PM.4: SPATIO-TEMPORAL VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH MODELING USING SYNTHETIC TEMPORAL DATA
Abesh Ghosh, University of Georgia, United States; Ali Gurbuz, North Carolina State University, United States; Mehmet Kurum, University of Georgia, United States
Columbia, Poster Area M

MOP2.PM.5: Estimation of Forest Stand Heights Based on Residual Corrected Terrain Using Spaceborne Stereo Imagery and LiDAR Data
Fengqin Hao, Qingwang Liu, Lingting Lei, Linglong Zhao, Ziheng Zhao, Hanwen Cui, Shengrong Wei, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
Columbia, Poster Area M

MOP2.PM.6: INTEGRATED SPACEBORNE LIDAR FOR CONTINENTAL SCALE FOREST HEIGHT CHANGE
Sorin Popescu, Justinn Jones, Hailey Melzow, Horia Olariu, Sarah Tasnim, Texas A&M University, United States