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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
THP1.PL: Monitoring Global Urban Areas from Space
Thursday, 13 August, 09:45 - 11:00
Location: Columbia, Poster Area L
Session Type: Poster
Session Co-Chairs: Rohit Mukherjee, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and TC Chakraborty, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Track: Community Contributed Themes
Columbia, Poster Area L

THP1.PL.1: Spatial‑Resolution‑Induced Reciprocity Degradation: Implications and Applications for Characterizing PolSAR Backscatter
Yong Wang, Dingfeng Duan, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
Columbia, Poster Area L

THP1.PL.2: Towards spectrally explicit Green Urban Areas: integrating imaging spectroscopy into land-cover–based urban ecosystem classification
José Antonio Gámez García, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Giacomo Lazzeri, Deodato Tapete, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy
Columbia, Poster Area L

THP1.PL.3: DECOUPLING MECHANISMS OF SUMMER HEAT STRESS AND VEGETATION IN A MONSOON CITY: A SOBOL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS APPROACH
Hyochan Kim, Jongjin Baik, Hoyoung Cha, Changhyun Jun, Korea University, Korea (South)
Columbia, Poster Area L

THP1.PL.4: ADOPTING THE VOXCITY FRAMEWORK FOR 3D MODELING AND VISUALISATION OF BANGALORE CITY, INDIA
Sai Shruti Prakhya, International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, India; Rahisha Thottolil, University of Johannesburg, South Africa; Uttam Kumar, International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, India
Columbia, Poster Area L

THP1.PL.5: A Framework for Decision Support in Spaceborne Data Selection
Lale Erbay, Columbia University, United States; Riyaaz Shaik, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., United States; Zafer Yilmaz, Ertugrul Taciroglu, University of California Los Angeles, United States
Columbia, Poster Area L

THP1.PL.6: PLANETSCOPE-BASED DSM GENERATION: EFFECTS OF SUPER-RESOLUTION ON SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION
José A. Pilartes-Congo, Michael J. Starek, Khoi Nguyen, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, United States
Columbia, Poster Area L

THP1.PL.7: Territorial fragility and involvement of the civitas. The Project “Lab_SAT”
Andrea Iacomoni, Bruno Monardo, Elena Paudice, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Emanuela Panzironi, Alberto Iacovacci, Municipality of Zagarolo, Italy; Andrea Benedetto, Valerio Gagliardi, Jhon R. D. Manalo, Maryam Khazaee, Fabrizio D'Amico, Rome TreUniversity, Italy; Luigi D'Amato, Laura Candela, Italian Space Agency, Italy
Columbia, Poster Area L

THP1.PL.8: HIGHER LOCAL FLOODING TENDENCY IN COASTAL AND GLOBAL SOUTH CITIES
Rohit Mukherjee, TC Chakraborty, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States