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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
TH2.R18: Remote sensing for generating robust datasets for forest health assessment and management planning (2/3)
Thursday, 13 August, 11:00 - 12:15
Location: Monroe
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Pulakesh Das, University of Maine and Petya Campbell, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Track: Community Contributed Themes
Thu, 13 Aug, 11:00 - 11:15

TH2.R18.1: Multi-Season Deciduous Forest Canopy Chlorophyll from Planet and HLS Evaluated with Field Measurements
Petya Campbell, University of Maryland Baltimore County; William Wagner, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; K. Fred Huemmrich, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Christopher Neigh, Margaret Wooten, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Petr Lukes, Czech Academy of Science; Jana Albrechtova, Charles University in Prague; Sean McMahon, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Thu, 13 Aug, 11:15 - 11:30

TH2.R18.2: A MULTI-SOURCE REMOTE SENSING FRAMEWORK FOR MODELLING EASTERN WHITE PINE HEALTH
Garima Yadav, Parinaz Rahimzadeh-Bajgiran, Pulakesh Das, William Livingston, University of Maine; Cameron D McIntire, USDA Forest Service; Aaron Bergdahl, Maine Forest Service (MFS)
Thu, 13 Aug, 11:30 - 11:45

TH2.R18.3: DOES SUPERPIXEL QUALITY MATTER FOR RELIABLE CITIZEN SCIENCE DATA?
Hugo Resende, Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Isabela Borlido, Victor Sundermann, Pontifı́cia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais; Eduardo B. Neto, University of Campinas; Silvio Jamil F. Guimarães, Pontifı́cia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais; Fabio A. Faria, Universidade de Lisboa; Álvaro L. Fazenda, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Thu, 13 Aug, 11:45 - 12:00

TH2.R18.4: EXPLAINABLE UNSUPERVISED METHODS FOR FOREST FIRE DETECTION
Chandrabali Karmakar, Arnab Bhowmik, Corneliu Octavian Dumitru, Jakob Gawlikowski, Shivam Goyal, German Aerospace Center; Mihai Datcu, CEOSpaceTech, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (UPB)
Thu, 13 Aug, 12:00 - 12:15

TH2.R18.5: CHARACTERIZING THE SPREAD OF RAPID OHIA DEATH USING SENTINEL-1, ALPHAEARTH, AND DEEP LEARNING
Benjamin Atkinson, Christopher O’Neill, Sepideh Jalayer, Zhongying Wang, Sean Peters, Morteza Karimzadeh, University of Colorado Boulder