39th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing Programme

2018,

19th - 21st June

39th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing

Conference Programme

Monday, 18th June
Monday 08:30 - 17:00	Summer School Venue NHRC-1261
Monday 08:30 - 08:45	SS-1 Welcoming Remark Venue NHRC-1261
08:30 Welcoming Remark » Prof. Brigitte Leblon University of New Brunswick
Monday 08:45 - 09:45	SST-1 Invited talk_1 Venue NHRC-1261
08:45 Monitoring & modeling river ice processes using remote sensing data » Prof. Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt University of Saskatchewan
Monday 09:45 - 10:45	SST-2 Invited talk_2 Venue NHRC-1261
09:45 Challenges on measuring non-photosynthetic vegetation in grassland with remote sensing » Prof. Xulin Guo University of Saskatchewan
Monday 11:00 - 12:00	SST-3 Invited talk_3 Venue NHRC-1261
11:00 Use of optical and polarimetric / compact polarimetric radar remote sensing for fire danger and wetland mapping – Presentation of an Online course for radar remote sensing training » Prof. Brigitte Leblon University of New Brunswick
Monday 12:00 - 13:00	SST_4 Invited talk_4 Venue NHRC-1261
12:00 Utilizing UAVs for Imaging Small Plot Field Crop Experiments » Prof. Steve Shirtliffe University of Saskatchewan
Monday 13:30 - 14:30	SST_5 Invited talk_5 Venue NHRC-1261
13:30 SAR for dynamic soil moisture and contributing drainage area monitoring » Dr. Zhaoqin Li University of Saskatchewan
Monday 14:30 - 15:30	SST_6 Invited talk_6 Venue NHRC-1261
14:30 Modelling leaf optical properties: a closer look at PROSPECT » Prof. Scott Noble University of Saskatchewan
Monday 15:45 - 16:45	SST-7 Invited talk_7 Venue NHRC-1261
15:45 Use of optical and SAR image for wetland and land cover mapping » Dr. Armand LaRocque U. of New Brunswick, NB
Monday 16:45 - 17:00	Wrap-up (Prof. Brigitte Leblon) Venue NHRC-1261
Monday 18:30 - 21:00	Ice Breaker Venue Garry-Marquis
Tuesday, 19th June
Tuesday 08:30 - 08:35	OA-1 Welcome remark (Dr. Karl-Erich Lindenchmidt) Venue Garry-Marquis
08:30 Welcome » Dr. Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt
Tuesday 08:35 - 08:40	OA-2 Welcome from U of S (Dr. Karen Chad) Venue Garry-Marquis
08:35 Welcoming Remark from University of Saskatchewan » Dr. Karen Chad University of Saskatchewan
Tuesday 08:40 - 09:40	KN-1 Keynote (Dr. Alain Pietroniro) Venue Garry-Marquis
08:40 The SWOT-C Mission : A New vision for Water Futures in Canada » Dr. Alain Pietroniro Environment & Climate Change Canada
Tuesday 09:30 - 15:30	PS-1 Poster Session 1 Chaired By: NA Venue Garry-Marquis
Assessment of oil spill detection and drift modelling capabilities for integration in the ISTOP workflow » Kerri Warner (Canadian Ice Service), Veronique Pinard (Canadian Ice Service), Stéphanie Tremblay-Therrien (Canadian Ice Service), Benjamin Deschamps (Canadian Ice Service) A semi-automated approach to delineating peat permafrost features using Tandem-X and optical imagery and implications for scaling permafrost carbon in the Far North of Ontario » Zlatka Pironkova (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry), Maara Packalen (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry), Jemmett Kirk (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry), James McLaughlin (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry) The Use of Remote Sensing Data to Assess the Impact of Forest Fires on the Hydrology of Boreal Forests » Yannick Duguay (Université de Sherbrooke), Robert Leconte (Université de Sherbrooke) On the combination of SAR and D-InSAR with multisource DEMs for monitoring water dynamics in a large northern wetland complex » Gabriela Siles (Université de Sherbrooke), Mélanie Trudel (Université de Sherbrooke), Robert Leconte (Université de Sherbrooke), Daniel Peters (university of Victoria) Shanxi Agricultural Drought monitoring Based on TVDI Model in China » Mingxing Qin (Shanxi Agricultural University), Qingxia Guo (Shanxi Agricultural University) Grassland Phenology Response to Drought in the Canadian Prairies » TENGFEI CUI (University of Saskatchewan), Lawrence Martz (University of Saskatchewan), Xulin Guo (University of Saskatchewan) A Comparative Analysis of Drought Indices on the Canadian Prairies: The Standardized Precipitation Index and the Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index » Alyssa Klein (University of Regina), Joe Piwowar (University of Regina) Individual Tree Crown Delineation Using Airborne LiDAR Data and Worldview 3 Imagery » Faizaan Naveed (York University), Baoxin Hu (York University) Remote Sensing based characterization of long term changes in the eastern prairies region » Niloofar Alavi (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology), Darren Pouliot (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology), Craig Hebert (ECCC, National Wildlife Research Centre), Jon Pasher (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology), Scott Wilson (ECCC, National Wildlife Research Centre) Identifying infrastructure risks at various flood frequencies using bathymetric LiDAR in Downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada; a remote sensing educational case study » Zach Bowlby (University of Lethbridge), Matt Graham (L), Sean Herridge-Berry (University of Lethbridge), Jenine Mcintyre (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge) Improving mapping of inland surface water features using RADARSAT-2 imagery and TOPAZ masking approach over the Prairie Pothole Region in Canada » mohammadreza zarcheshm (University of Saskatchewan/Centre for Hydrology), Lawrence Martz (University of Saskatchewan)
Tuesday 09:40 - 10:20	Coffee Break Venue North Concourse-Place Riel
Tuesday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-1A Water and Wetlands_1 Chaired By: Brian Brisco Venue Montcalm-Marquis
10:20 Dynamic Surface Water and Wetland Mapping in the Great Lakes Basin » Brian Huberty (USFWS), Brian Brisco (CCRS) 10:40 An automated SAR image thresholding approach: a case study of Radarsat-2 and Radarsat Constellation Mission data » Craig Mahoney (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Michael Merchant (Ducks Unlimited Canada), Lyle Boychuk (Ducks Unlimited Canada), Brian Brisco (CCRS) 11:00 Assessing Wetland Change Using Remote Sensing and Traditional Ecological Knowledge Approaches » Joshua Montgomery (Government of Alberta), Danielle Cobbaert (Government of Alberta), David Natcher (University of Saskatchewan), Tracy Howlett (Government of Alberta), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Brian Brisco (CCRS) 11:20 Use of Anthropogenic Targets for Water Level Estimation » Kevin Murnaghan (Natural Resources Canada), Brian Brisco (CCRS) 11:40 Differentiating wetland and open water surfaces using optical and SAR remote sensing » Ethan Kyzivat (Brown University), Laurence Smith (University of California), Jessica Fayne (University of California), Sarah Cooley (Brown University), John Arvesen (Cirrus Digital Systems), Lincoln Pitcher (University of California), Tamlin Pavelsky (University of North Carolin, Chapel Hill)
Tuesday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-1B Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Chaired By: Al Pietroniro Venue Selkirk-Marquis
10:20 SWOT contribution to improve the spatial knowledge of water levels and catchment inflows of Eastmain-1 reservoir » Sébastien Langlois (Université de Sherbrooke), Robert Leconte (Université de Sherbrooke), Mélanie Trudel (Université de Sherbrooke), Gabriela Siles (Université de Sherbrooke) 10:40 Assessment of the capabilities of the SWOT mission for improving the water balance of a large wetland complex » Robert Leconte (Université de Sherbrooke), Mélanie Trudel (Université de Sherbrooke), Jean Bergeron (Université de Sherbrooke), Daniel Peters (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Al Pietroniro (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Sébastien Langlois (Université de Sherbrooke), Gabriela Siles (Université de Sherbrooke) 11:00 Implications of SWOT Satellite for Research and Monitoring in Canada: A Case Study of the Peace-Athabasca Delta Region » Daniel Peters (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Donald Baird (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jean Francois Cantin (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jean-Michel Fiset (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Vincent Fortin (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Robert Leconte (Université de Sherbrooke), Olaf Niemann (university of Victoria), Al Pietroniro (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Robert Saint-Jean (Canadian Space Agency), Gabriela Siles (Université de Sherbrooke), Doug Stiff (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Rob Skelly (university of Victoria), Mélanie Trudel (Université de Sherbrooke), Daqing Yang (Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre) 11:20 Field validation and science synergy for the SWOT mission: lessons learned in the field » Colin Gleason (University of Massachusetts) 11:40 2017 SWOT field compaign and data analysis for the Redberry Lake cal/val site » Daqing Yang (Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre), Alain Pietroniro (WSC, ECCC), Cuyler Onclin (NHRC)
Tuesday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-1C Forest Fire Monitoring Chaired By: Brigitte Leblon Venue GEOL 265
10:20 Highlighting Wildfire Burn Scars in British Columbia, Canada for a Period of Ten Years » Muditha Heenkenda (Selkirk College) 10:40 Testing Polarimetric and Compact Polarimetric SAR images Over Jack Pine Forests in Ontario for Fuel Moisture Assessment » Brigitte Leblon (Remote Sensing Laboratory, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick), Armand LaRocque (Remote Sensing Laboratory, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick), Tim Roberts (Remote Sensing Laboratory, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick), Gordon Staples (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) Ltd.), Laura Bourgeau-Chavez (Michigan Tech Research Institute), Chelene Hanes (Canadian Forest Service, Great Lake Forestry Centre) 11:00 Remote sensing-based forest fire danger forecasting over northern Alberta » Masoud Abdollahi (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary), Quazi Hassan (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary) 11:20 Dominant Scattering Mechanisms for Forest-Fire Burn Severity Categories » Gordon Staples (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) Ltd.), Suzanne Brunke (MDA), Brigitte Leblon (UNB) 11:40 Utilizing Radar and Multispectral Satellite Data in Support of Wildfire Response and Recovery Operations in Canada » Jean-Simon Michaud (Hatfield Consultants), Andy Dean (Hatfield Consultants), Olivier Tsui (Hatfield Consultants), Dirk Werle (AERDE), David Goodenough (university of Victoria)
Tuesday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-1D Machine learning in remote sensing image classification_1 Chaired By: Koreen Millard Venue BIOL 124
10:20 Effects of Stratum Size on Land-cover Classification Accuracy and Area Bias » Peter Kennedy (University of Lethbridge), Craig Coburn (University of Lethbridge) 10:40 Assessment of Convolution Neural Networks for Wetland Mapping in the Central Canadian Boreal Forest Region » Darren Pouliot (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology), Rasim Latifovic (NRCan, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing), Jon Pasher (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology), Jason Duffe (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology) 11:00 A Prediction Smooth Method for Blending Landsat and MODIS Images » Detang Zhong (Canada Center for Remote Sensing), Fuqun Zhou (Canada Center for Remote Sensing) 11:20 Using Remote Sensing to Map Soil Workability in An Agricultural Landscape for Climate Change Adaptation in Delta, British Columbia » Siddhartho Paul (University of British Columbia), Nicholas Coops (University of British Columbia), Sean Smukler (University of British Columbia) 11:40 Toward the Use of Deep Learning for Topographic Feature Extraction from High Resolution Optical Satellite Imagery » Mathieu Turgeon-Pelchat (Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada), Jean-samuel Proulx-bourque (Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada)
Tuesday 12:00 - 13:10	Lunch Venue Garry-Marquis
Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00	Radarsat Contellation Mission (RCM) panel discussion Venue Montcalm-Marquis
Tuesday 13:10 - 14:50	OS-2A Optical Image Simulation & application for environmental monitoring Chaired By: Peter White Venue Montcalm-Marquis
13:10 Demonstration of Sentinel-2 simulations of a Northern Ombrotrophic Bog Based on Field and Airborne Hyperspectral Data » H. Peter White (Natural Resources Canada) 13:30 Geometric Optical Canopy Reflectance Model Validation from Laboratory Goniometer BRDF Measurements over Forest Object Targets » Adam Stanford (University of Lethbridge), Craig Coburn (University of Lethbridge), Derek Peddle (University of Lethbridge) 13:50 Satellite-based monitoring framework of land use/ land cover over the Athabasca Watershed » Sadia Afrin (University of Calgary), Anil Gupta (Alberta Environment and Parks), Quazi Hassan (University of Calgary) 14:10 Modeling urban local warming at high spatial resolution using satellite-based remote sensing imageries » Khan Rahaman (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary), Quazi Hassan (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary), M. Razu Ahmed (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary)
Tuesday 13:10 - 14:50	OS-2B Lidar Hydrogeomatics in Support of Hydro-ecological Classification and Monitoring_1 Chaired By: Christopher Hopkinson Venue Selkirk-Marquis
13:10 Boreal Wetland Water Flux Monitoring with ALS and SAR Correlates to Regional Patterns of Precipitation » David McCaffrey (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Joshua Montgomery (University of Lethbridge), Brian Brisco (Canada Center for Remote Sensing) 13:30 Integrating airborne lidar and in situ LED ranging for mountain snowpack monitoring » Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Celeste Barnes (University of Lethbridge), Kelsey Cartwright (University of Lethbridge), Thomas Porter (University of Lethbridge), Dennis Quick (University of Lethbridge), Zhouxin Xi (University of Lethbridge) 13:50 Automatic water surface mapping using triple-wavelength airborne laser scanning data » Ahmed Shaker (Ryerson University), Wai-yeung Yan (Ryerson University), Paul Larocque (Teledyne Optech) 14:10 Combined Utilization of High Resolution LiDAR with Polarimetric SAR for Determination of Snow Wetting Fronts and Derived Melt Rates in Complex Terrain » Dennis Quick (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Brian Brisco (CCRS) 14:30 A small low-cost 3D scanning and imaging system for in-situ hydro-ecological monitoring » Zhouxin Xi (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge)
Tuesday 13:10 - 14:50	OS-2C Applications of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission Compact Polarimetry Chaired By: Gordon Staples Venue GEOL 265
13:10 Comparison of different compact polarimetry modes in respect to the full polarization for the identification and characterization of the land use classes » Gabriel Gosselin (PCI Geomatics) 13:30 RADARSAT Constellation Mission » Steve Iris (Canadian Space Agency), Guennadi Kroupnik (Canadian Space Agency), Jill Smyth (Canadian Space Agency), Daniel De Lisle (Canadian Space Agency) 13:50 Rational-Function model Iteration by Correcting Characteristic » Stefan Nedelcu (Natural Resource Canada), Rihana PEIMAN (Natural Resources Canada), Brian Brisco (Natural Resources Canada) 14:10 The potential of Radarsat Constellation Mission for mapping coastlines and Intertidal zones in Northern Canada » Khalid Omari (Fisheries and Oceans Canada), René Chénier (Canadian Hydrographic Service), yask shelat (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Marc-andre Faucher (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Ryan Ahola (Canadian Hydrographic Service)
Tuesday 13:10 - 14:50	OS-2D UAV-based photogrammetry and remote sensing: deep in data analytics (UAV-PRS: DDA)_1 Chaired By: Mozhdeh Shahbazi Venue BIOL 124
13:10 An Example of Drone-based Hyperspectral remote sensing in Wetland Vegetation Classification » Junyong Fang (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth), Dong Zhao (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth), Tianyi Zhu (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth), Xiaohong Zhang (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth) 13:30 Estimating the height of conifer seedlings in seismic lines with UAV photogrammetry » Guillermo Castilla (Natural Resource Canada), Michelle Filiatrault (Natural Resources Canada), Michael Gartrell (Natural Resources Canada), Man Fai Wu (University of Calgary), Greg Mcdermid (University of Calgary) 13:50 Application of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Counting Canola Flowers and Describing Seed Yield » TI ZHANG (University of Saskatchewan), Hema Duddu (University of Saskatchewan), Menglu Wang (University of Saskatchewan), Seungbum Ryu (University of Saskatchewan), Sally Vail (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon SK), Xulin Guo (University of Saskatchewan), Rosalind Bueckert (University of Saskatchewan), Steve Shirtliffe (University of Saskatchewan) 14:10 Evaluation of Herbicide Damage to Faba bean Using UAV Imagery » hema Duddu (University of Saskatchewan), Austin Mcgill (University of Saskatchewan), Menglu Wang (University of Saskatchewan), Christopher Puchala (University of Saskatchewan), Eric Johnson (University of Saskatchewan), Steve Shirtliffe (University of Saskatchewan) 14:30 Identification of Species and Foliar Pigment Concentration in the Mudumalai Forest Region using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing » Surya Pratap Chandra Kishore Bodi (Central University of Jharkhand), Amit Kumar (Central University of Jharkhand)
Tuesday 14:50 - 15:20	Coffee Break Venue North Concourse-Place Riel
Tuesday 15:20 - 17:00	OS-3A Water and Wetlands_2 Chaired By: Brain Huberty Venue Montcalm-Marquis
15:20 Shannon Entropy and Wetland Mapping » Francis Canisius (Canada Center for Remote Sensing), Valentin Poncos (2. Kepler Space), Brian Brisco (Canada Center for Remote Sensing) 15:40 Object-based Automated Wetland Mapping Techniques: What's worked, what hasn't, and where we are headed » Robb Macleod (Ducks Unlimited, Inc) 16:00 Invasive Species Monitoring in the Great Lakes » Michael Battaglia (Michigan Tech Research Institute), Laura Bourgeau-Chavez (Michigan Tech Research Institute), Colin Brooks (Michigan Tech Research Institute), Amanda Grimm (Michigan Tech Research Institute) 16:20 Evaluation of Multiple Sensor Satellite Derived Bathymetry in Support of Operational Canadian Hydrographic Service Navigational Chart Production » Ryan Ahola (Canadian Hydrographic Service), René Chénier (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Bradley Horner (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Matúš Hodúl (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Marc-André Faucher (Canadian Hydrographic Service) 16:40 Great Lakes Wetlands Flow Dynamics Monitoring with InSAR Observations » Zhaohua Chen (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Lori White (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Sarah Banks (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Amir Behnamian (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jon Pasher (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jason Duffe (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Tuesday 15:20 - 17:00	OS-3B Sea ice/Ocean Remote Sensing_1 Chaired By: Md. Saimoom Ferdous Venue Selkirk-Marquis
15:20 Empirical Algorithms for Significant Wave Height Estimation from Fully Polarimetric RADARSAT-2 with Multiple Incidence Angles » Meng Ma (University of Calgary), Michael Collins (University of Calgary) 15:40 Comparison of iceberg and ship target detection algorithms in four RADARSAT-2 beam modes » Mélanie Lacelle (Canadian Ice Service), Benjamin Deschamps (Canadian Ice Service) 16:00 Incidence Angle Dependence of Grey Level Co-occurrence Matrix Derived Texture Features from Sentinel-1 SAR Imagery of Arctic Sea Ice » Sasha Nasonova (university of Victoria), Randy Scharien (university of Victoria) 16:20 Iceberg Backscattering Mechanism: Theoretical and Numerical Perspective » Md. Saimoom Ferdous (Memorial University), Umma Hafsa Himi (Memorial University), Peter Mcguire (C-CORE), Desmond Power (C-CORE) 16:40 Statistical Comparison of SAR backscatter from icebergs embedded in sea ice and open water in Newfoundland region » Umma Hafsa Himi (Memorial University), Md. Saimoom Ferdous (Memorial University), Peter Mcguire (C-CORE), Desmond Power (C-CORE)
Tuesday 15:20 - 17:00	OS-3C UAV-based photogrammetry and remote sensing: deep in data analytics (UAV-PRS: DDA)_2 Chaired By: Somayeh Yavari Venue BIOL 124
15:20 A New Automatic Reliable Satellite Image Georeferencing Procedure Based on Linear Features » Somayeh Yavari (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Mohammad Javad Valadan Zoej (K.N. Toosi University of Technology) 15:40 EKF and Smoothing-based UAV Positioning Using UWB and IMU Fusion » Jungwon Kang (York University), kunwoo park (York University), Gunho Sohn (York University), Mozhdeh Shahbazi (University of Calgary), Patrick Ménard (Centre de Géomatique du Québec) 16:00 UAV data processing – a strategy to improve point cloud and orthomosaic by removing shadow » Mir Mustafizur Rahman (University of Calgary), Greg Mcdermid (University of Calgary) 16:20 Calibration and Temporal Stability Study of a Multi-sensor UAV Mapping System » Camilo Cortes (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary), Mozhdeh Shahbazi (University of Calgary) 16:40 The Geometric Processing Method for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Hyperspectral Images » Xiao Wang (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xue Liu (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiaohong Zhang (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth)
Tuesday 15:30 - 16:30	Canadian Light Source Tour_1 Venue Canadian Light Source
Tuesday 16:30 - 17:30	Canadian Light Source Tour_2
Wednesday, 20th June
Wednesday 08:35 - 08:40	OA-3 Opening address (Dr. Karl-Erich Lindenchmidt) Venue Garry-Marquis
08:35 N/A » Dr. Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt University of Saskatchewan
Wednesday 08:40 - 09:40	KN-2 Keynote (Dr. Kevin Price) Venue Garry-Marquis
08:40 A New Frontier – Ultra High Resolution Remotely Sensed Multispectral Imagery » Dr. Kevin Price AgPixel, LLC. USA
Wednesday 09:30 - 15:30	PS-2 Poster Session 2 Chaired By: NA Venue Garry-Marquis
Assessment of Remote Sensing-Based Lichen Discriminators across Northern Canada » Blair Kennedy (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology Division), Darren Pouliot (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology Division), Micheline Manseau (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology Division), Robert Fraser (NRCAN, Optical Methods and Applications), Jason Duffe (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology Division), Jon Pasher (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology Division), Wenjun Chen (NRCAN, Optical Methods and Applications), Ian Olthof (NRCAN, GeoAnalytics & Emergency Geomatics Services) Assessing the Spatial Distribution of Black Rock Coatings Proximal to the Horne Smelter using Landsat 8 Images: Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec » David Leverington (Texas Tech University), Michael Schindler (Laurentian University) Assessing the interaction of vegetation and hydrology in forested wetlands using remote sensing data and field measurements » Ambika Paudel (Carleton University), Murray Richardson (Carleton University), Doug King (Carleton University) Développement d'une méthode de caractérisation du recouvrement des macro-algues marines récoltables par télédétection aéroportée » Kim Huong Hoang (Centre de Géomatique du Québec), Yoann Perrot (Centre de Géomatique du Québec), Marie Lionard (Merinov), Jean-Maurice Marcotte (Centre de Géomatique du Québec) Integrating Multisource Data for Vegetation Inventory in the NWT » Michelle Filiatrault (Natural Resources Canada), Ron Hall (Natural Resources Canada), Michael Gartrell (Natural Resources Canada), Rob Skakun (Natural Resources Canada), André Beaudoin (Natural Resources Canada), Craig Mahoney (University of Lethbridge), Guillermo Castilla (Natural Resource Canada), Lisa Smith (Environment & Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories), Kathleen Groenewegen (Environment & Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories) Automatic Building Segmentation from Aerial Images based on Deep Learning » Kang Zhao (York University), Gunho Sohn (York University), Junwon Kang (York University) Object-Based Wetland Change Detection Using SAR Data » Sahel Mahdavi (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Bahram Salehi (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Meisam Amani (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Brian Brisco (CCRS), Weimin Huang (Memorial University of Newfoundland) Effect of Correcting SRTM Elevation Data on the Geometric Comparison between the Drainage Networks Derived from SRTM DEM and LIDAR DTM » Mohamed Shawky (University of Calgary), Adel Moussa (University of Calgary), Quazi Hassan (University of Calgary), Naser El-sheimy (University of Calgary) Effects of the Kenow Fire on runoff response and potential infrastructure risk in Waterton National Park, AB; a remote sensing educational case study » Dylan Bosak (L), Sara Houtekamer (University of Lethbridge), Thomas Porter (University of Lethbridge), Connor Vander Laan (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge) Real-time image processing for crop/weed discrimination applied for precision application of agrochemicals » Thuan Chu (University of Saskatchewan), Xulin Guo (Univ) Relationships between airborne-derived sea ice surface roughness and C- and L-band synthetic aperture radar backscatter » Silvie Cafarella (university of Victoria), Randy Scharien (university of Victoria) Noise Floor Effects on Surface Water Detection Using Simulated RADARSAT Constellation Mission Data » Amir Behnamian (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Sarah Banks (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Lori White (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Benoit Montpetit (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Zhaohua Chen (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jon Pasher (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jason Duffe (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Wednesday 09:40 - 10:20	Coffee Break Venue North Concourse-Place Riel
Wednesday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-4A Water & Wetland_3 Chaired By: Christopher Hopkinson Venue Montcalm_Marquis
10:20 A collection of novel algorithms we have developed based on SAR and optical data for wetland classification » Bahram Salehi (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Masoud Mahdianpari (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Sahel Mahdavi (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Meisam Amani (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Fariba Mohammadimanesh (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Desmond Power (C-CORE), Thomas Puestow (C-CORE), Brian Brisco (CCRS) 10:40 Wetland Mapping in the Greater Fredericton Area (NB, Canada) with Landsat-8 OLI, Alos-1 PALSAR L-band, Sentinel-1 C-band, and Lidar Data » Armand LaRocque (University of New Brunswick), Brigitte Leblon (University of New Brunswick), Kevin Connors (New Brunswick Dept. of Energy and Rerource Development), Alan R. Hanson (Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre), Raymond Jahncke (4. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, St-Mary’s University) 11:00 A multi-platform object-based image classification of the Akaitcho Traditional Territory, NWT » Rebecca Edwards (Ducks Unlimited Canada), Michael Merchant (Ducks Unlimited Canada), Rebecca Kathleen Warren (Ducks Unlimited Canada), Alain Richard (Ducks Unlimited Canada) 11:20 Mapping wetlands in Alberta using Sentinel-2 imagery and Lidar data » Bing Lu (Fiera Biological Consulting), Shari Clare (Fiera Biological Consulting), Shantel Koenig (Fiera Biological Consulting), Brad Danielson (Fiera Biological Consulting), Sen Cao (University of Alberta) 11:40 Wetland Classification Using a Multi-sensor, Multi-frequency Remote Sensing Approach » Lori White (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Sarah Banks (Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre), Tobias Ullmann (University of Wuerzburg), Zhaohua Chen (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Amir Behnamian (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jon Pasher (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jason Duffe (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Wednesday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-4B Grassland Chaired By: Yuhong He Venue Selkirk-Marquis
10:20 Derivation of green plants ratio in grasslands using field hyperspectral data » Hongrui Ren (Taiyuan University of Technology) 10:40 Quantifying green vegetation cover dynamics in a heterogeneous grassland using Landsat time series » Yuhong He (University of Toronto), Jian Yang (University of Toronto), Xulin Guo (University of Saskatchewan) 11:00 Using remote sensing to evaluate risk of wildfire in grassland types relative to patterns of grazing animals, soil types, precipitation data, and NDVI of vegetation during years of precipitation extremes in southwest Saskatchewan » Dale Gross (University of Saskatchewan), Hannah Hilger (University of Saskatchewan), Eric Lamb (University of Saskatchewan) 11:20 Evaluation of the Influence of Plant Prevalence and Spatial-Spectral Segmentations of Plant Community Features on Grassland Species/Habitat Distribution Modelling with UAV Imagery » Anjika U. Attanayake (University of Saskatchewan), Steve Shirtliffe (University of Saskatchewan), Xulin Guo (University of Saskatchewan), Eric G. Lamb (University of Saskatchewan) 11:40 Discrimination of non-photosynthetic vegetation fraction from Landsat8 OLI imagery by spectral unmixing for the Northern Grassland » Xiaolei Yu (University of Saskatchewan), Xulin Guo (University of Saskatchewan)
Wednesday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-4C Sea ice/Ocean Remote Sensing_2 Chaired By: Desmond Power Venue GEOL 265
10:20 Canadian Ice Service Readiness for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission » Benjamin Deschamps (Canadian Ice Service), Mélanie Lacelle (Canadian Ice Service), Kerri Warner (Canadian Ice Service), Dean Flett (Canadian Ice Service) 10:40 Mapping Landfast Sea Ice Stability for On-Ice Travelling with InSAR Technique Using RADARSAT-2 » Zhaohua Chen (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Benoit Montpetit (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Adrienne Tivy (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jason Duffe (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jon Pasher (Environment and Climate Change Canada) 11:00 Dark iceberg detection in sea ice using Compact Polarimetry data from RADARSAT Constellation Mission » Desmond Power (C-CORE), Carl Howell (C-CORE), Kelley Dodge (C-CORE), Peter Mcguire (C-CORE) 11:20 Assessment of Compact Polarimetric SAR Imagery for Automated Sea-Ice Mapping » Mohsen Ghanbari (Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo), Linlin Xu (Univeristy of Waterloo), Mingzhe Jiang (Univeristy of Waterloo), David Clausi (Univeristy of Waterloo)
Wednesday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-4D Ecosystem Service & Public welfare Chaired By: Craig Coburn Venue BIOL 124
10:20 Earth observation-based risk maps for Lyme disease infection in Eastern Canada » Serge Olivier Kotchi (Public Health Agency of Canada), Nicholas Ogden (Public Health Agency of Canada), Catherine Bouchard (Public Health Agency of Canada), Erin E. Rees (Public Health Agency of Canada) 10:40 Application of remote sensing in modeling seasonal bison carrying capacity in mixed grass prairie » Thuy Doan (University of Saskatchewan), Xulin Guo (University of Saskatchewan) 11:00 My Lentils are Bigger than Your Lentils » Karsten Nielsen (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Plant Sciences), Steve Shirtliffe (University of Saskatchewan), Kirstin Bett (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Plant Sciences), Hema Duddu (University of Saskatchewan) 11:20 Measuring grassland response to 30 years' of conservation actions using time series analysis » Dandan Xu (Nanjing Forestry University), Xulin Guo (Univ) 11:40 Estimation of land‐use and land‐cover changes associated with oil and gas development activities in West‐Central Alberta from 1985 to 2017 using Landsat and Sentinel‐2 data » Subir Chowdhury (Alberta Geological Survey, Alberta Energy Regulator), Dennis Chao (Alberta Geological Survey, Alberta Energy Regulator), Todd Shipman (Alberta Geological Survey, Alberta Energy Regulator)
Wednesday 12:00 - 13:10	Lunch Venue Garry-Marquis
Wednesday 12:00 - 13:10	Student-Industry Luncheon Venue Montcalm-Marquis
Wednesday 13:10 - 14:50	OS-5A Lidar hydrogeomatics in support of hydro-ecological classification and monitoring_2 Chaired By: Brian Brisco Venue Montcalm-Marquis
13:10 Mapping wetland changes associated with long-term disturbance in the Oil Sands Region using Remote Sensing » Laura Chasmer (University of Lethbridge), Emily Jones (University of Lethbridge), Danielle Cobbaert (Alberta Environment and Parks), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Craig Mahoney (University of Lethbridge), Joshua Montgomery (Alberta Environment and Parks), Maxim Okhrimenko (University of Lethbridge), Richard Petrone (University of Waterloo) 13:30 Urban river environment digital water surface model generation and in situ bathymetric correction using multi-spectral LiDAR and passive imagery » Maxim Okhrimenko (University of Lethbridge), Craig Coburn (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge) 13:50 Mountain watershed snowpack depth and density scaling by integrating LiDAR, photogrammetry, webcam, meteorological and in situ field data » Celeste Barnes (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Thomas Porter (University of Lethbridge), Zhouxin Xi (University of Lethbridge) 14:10 Object-based Image Analysis to Integrate Lidar-Derived Metrics with Sentinel-2 Data for Wetland Classification in the McClelland Lake Wetland Complex, Alberta » Barry Pierce (Hatfield Consultants) 14:30 Observing the Changes in Plant Pigment and Water Contents under Drought Stress by Means of Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Model Inversion » Phuong D. Dao (University of Toronto), Mitchell Bonney (University of Toronto), Yuhong He (University of Toronto)
Wednesday 13:10 - 14:50	OS-5B Environmental Monitoring_1 Chaired By: Peter White Venue Selkirk-Marquis
13:10 Seismic Line Impacts on Proximal Boreal Forest and Wetland Environments » Thais Abib (Department of Forest Sciences, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo), Laura Chasmer (Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Craig Mahoney (University of Lethbridge) 13:30 Impact de l'urbanisation sur la dynamique forestière dans le périurbain de Lubumbashi entre 2007 et 2017 par télédétection » Herman BANZA KONGOLO (Université Nouveaux Horizons), Catherine NSIAMI MABIALA (Université de Lubumbashi/Université Nouveaux Horizons), Urcel Kalenga Tshingomba (Laboratoire de Cartographie, Télédétection et SIG), John KATANGA KABIKA (Laboratoire de Cartographie, Télédétection et SIG) 13:50 Evaluating the feasibility and accuracy of extracting single tree attributes using mobile terrestrial LiDAR data » Jili Li (FPInnovations), Matthew Thiel (FPInnovations), Murray Woods (Canadian Wood Fibre Centre) 14:10 Replicating a Random Forest Model of Alpine Treeline Ecotone Dynamics » David McCaffrey (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge) 14:30 Pseudo Invariant Calibration Sites bidirectional reflectance temporal dynamics for the development of absolute radiometric calibration of optical remote sensing data » Craig Coburn (University of Lethbridge)
Wednesday 13:10 - 14:50	OS-5C Freshwater ice & snow Chaired By: Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt & Fan Zhang Venue GEOL 265
13:10 Integrating Radarsat-2, air photos, and environmental data for estimating river ice volume as an essential input for near-real time ice-jam flood forecasting » Zhaoqin Li (University of Saskatchewan), Fan Zhang (Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan), Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt (U of S) 13:30 Evaluating the Use of RADARSAT-2 for the Automated Monitoring of Lake Ice Growth and Decay in Central Ontario: 2008-2017 » Justin Murfitt (University of Toronto Mississauga), Laura Brown (University of Toronto Mississauga), Stephen Howell (Environment and Climate Change Canada) 13:50 Characterizing AirSWOT Ka-band radar backscatter for vegetation and water detection in the Saskatchewan River and the Peace Athabasca Delta » Jessica Fayne (University of California), Ethan Kyzivat (Brown University), Lincoln Pitcher (University of California), Laurence Smith (University of California) 14:10 Potential of RADARSAT-2 for improvement of an ice thickness model: a case study on the Slave River at Fort Smith, Alberta » Fan Zhang (Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan), Zhaoqin Li (Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan), Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt (U of S) 14:30 Detecting intercepted snow on mountain needleleaf forest canopies using satellite remote sensing » Zhibang Lv (Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan), John Pomeroy (Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan)
Wednesday 13:10 - 14:50	OS-5D Water and wetland_4 Chaired By: Margaret Kalacska Venue BIOL 124
13:10 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Underwater Photography opportunities for freshwater aquatic ecosystem characterization » Margaret Kalacska (Mcgill University), Oliver Lucanus (Mcgill University), Leandro Sousa (Universidad do Para), Thiago Bernardi Vieira (Universidad do Para), J. Pablo Arroyo-Mora (National Research Council of Canada) 13:30 MAPPING THE WETLANDS FOR BLACK DUCK HABITAT MANAGEMENT USING COMBINED POLARIMETRIC DATA AND OPTICAL IMAGERY » Wen Zhang (York University), Baoxin Hu (York University), Glen Brown (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources& Forestry) 13:50 Evaluating runoff and sediment yield Predicting of Chakou watershed by Combining Remote Sensing and AnnAGNPS model » Qingxia Guo (Shanxi Agricultural University) 14:10 Backscattering analysis of wetlands » Meisam Amani (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Bahram Salehi (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Sahel Mahdavi (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Brian Brisco (CCRS) 14:30 UAVs Reveal the Effects of Seismic Lines on Surface Morphology, Water Table Position, and Methane Emissions in Boreal Peatlands » Greg Mcdermid (University of Calgary), Julie Lovitt (University of Calgary), Mir Mustafizur Rahman (University of Calgary), Saraswati Saraswati (University of Waterloo), Maria Strack (University of Waterloo), Bin Xu (NAIT Boreal Research Institute)
Wednesday 14:50 - 15:20	Coffee Break Venue North Concourse-Place Riel
Wednesday 15:20 - 17:00	OS-6A Advances in remote sensing techniques for digital elevation modelling Chaired By: Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt & Apurba Das Venue Montcalm-Marquis
15:20 Evaluation of the relative sensitivity of hydraulic model parameters and boundary conditions and Digital Elevation models on ice-jam flood delineation » Apurba Das (Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan), Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt (U of S) 15:40 Wildland Fire-induced Risk Assessment at the Community Level Using a Remote Sensing Approach » M. Razu Ahmed (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary), Khan Rahaman (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary), Quazi Hassan (Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary) 16:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Digital Landscape » Nicolas Cadieux (Mcgill University), Andre Costopoulos (University of Alberta), Margaret Kalacska (Mcgill University) 16:20 AirSWOT InSAR measurements of water surface elevations and hydraulic gradients over the Yukon Flats, Alaska » Lincoln Pitcher (University of California Los Angeles), Tamlin Pavelsky (University of North Carolin, Chapel Hill), Laurence Smith (University of California Los Angeles), Delwyn Moller (Remote Sensing Solutions), Elizabeth Altenau (University of North Carolin, Chapel Hill), Sarah Cooley (Brown University), George Allen (University of North Carolin, Chapel Hill), Christine Lion (University of North Carolin, Chapel Hill), David Butman (University Of Washington)
Wednesday 15:20 - 17:00	OS-6B Machine Learning in Remote Sensing Image Classification_2 Chaired By: Koreen Millard Venue Selkirk-Marquis
15:20 Canada's Big Data Potential: Developing an adaptive model to map surface water extent using Radarsat Constellation Mission » Doug Stiff (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jean-Michel Fiset (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Koreen Millard (Defence R&D Canada), Al Pietroniro (Environment and Climate Change Canada) 15:40 Classification of tree genera with deep Multi-task learning network » Connie Ko (York University), Jungwon Kang (York University), Gunho Sohn (York University) 16:00 Deep learning super-resolution enhancement of Landsat time series » Darren Pouliot (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology), Rasim Latifovic (NRCan, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing), Jon Pasher (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology), Jason Duffe (ECCC, Landscape Science and Technology) 16:20 Using LiDAR canopy height modelling and supervised classification spectral analysis to identify tree stand types based on genera conifer or deciduous at a high resource planning level » Muditha Heenkenda (Selkirk College), Lorraine Brown (Selkirk College) 16:40 Machine Learning and Automation of Processing SAR Imagery for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring » Gabriel Gosselin (PCI Geomatics), Gordon Deng (PCI Geomatics)
Wednesday 15:20 - 17:00	OS-6C Sensor developement & image processing Chaired By: Armand LaRocque Venue GEOL 265
15:20 The Correlation Coefficient as a Simple Tool for the Localization of Errors in Spectroscopic Imaging Data » Deep Inamdar (Mcgill University), George Leblanc (National Research Council Canada), Raymond Soffer (National Research Council Canada), Margaret Kalacska (Mcgill University) 15:40 Development of an Innovative UAV System for Land Surface Characterization » Francis Canisius (Canada Center for Remote Sensing), Shusen Wang (Canada Center for Remote Sensing), Sylvain G. Leblanc (Canada Center for Remote Sensing) 16:00 A New Outlier Rejection Method for Point Cloud Generation of UAV Images » Somayeh Yavari (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Bahram Salehi (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland) 16:20 An Analysis of Frequency Distribution of MODIS Aqua\LST in Iran » Seyed Abolfazl Masoodian (University of Isfahan) 16:40 Prediction Modelling Associated With Radon Gas Using Space-borne Remote Sensing: A Tool For Uranium Exploration » Kristin Martin (Orano Canada INC.), Xulin Guo (Univ)
Wednesday 15:20 - 17:00	OS-6D Environmental Monitoring_2 Chaired By: Laurent Giugni Venue BIOL 124
15:20 Explaining Soil Moisture Anomalies Observed with SAR Satellite » Keith Morrison (University of Reading) 15:40 Compact and fully polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for retrieving surface soil moisture content in vegetated agricultural fields » Zhaoqin Li (University of Saskatchewan), Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt (U of S) 16:00 Integration of Proximal Soil Sensing and Remote Sensing Data in Agriculture » Md Saifuzzaman (Mcgill University), Hsin-hui Huang (Mcgill University), Viacheslav Adamchuk (Mcgill University), Asim Biswas (University of Guelph) 16:20 The Canopy Spectral Analysis of Different Mineral Content in Soil Background Based on PROSAIL Model » Lei Chen (Tianjin Normal University), Hu Zhang (Tianjin Normal University), Yi Lian (Tianjin Normal University), Tiejun Cui (Tianjin Normal University) 16:40 Utilizing Sentinel-1A SAR Images for Land Cover Mapping with Machine Learning Methods » Mohammad Imangholiloo (University of Helsinki), Jussi Rasinmäki (Simosol Oy (Ltd.)), Yrjö Rauste (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Markus Holopainen (University of Helsinki)
Wednesday 15:30 - 16:30	Canadian Light Source Tour_3 Venue Canadian Light Source
Wednesday 16:30 - 17:30	Canadian Light Source Tour_4 Venue Canadian Light Source
Wednesday 18:30 - 22:00	Award Banquet Venue Garry-Marquis
Thursday, 21st June
Thursday 08:35 - 08:40	OA-4 Opening address (Dr.Xulin Guo) Venue Garry-Marquis
08:35 N/A » Dr. Xulin Guo University of Saskatchewan
Thursday 08:40 - 09:40	KN-3 Keynote (Dr.Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt) Venue Garry-Marquis
08:40 Remote sensing for monitoring and modelling river ice covers » Dr. Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt University of Saskatchewan
Thursday 09:40 - 10:20	Coffee Break Venue North Concourse-Place Riel
Thursday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-7A New Technologies and Data Fusion for Quantifying Changing Permafrost in Cold Regions Environments Chaired By: Laura Chasmer Venue Montcalm-Marquis
10:20 Quantifying spatial variability of permafrost condition using thermal as well as multi-temporal and multi-spectral LiDAR » Linda Flade (University of Lethbridge), Laura Chasmer (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), William Quinton (Wilfrid Laurier University) 10:40 Validating PCI ARD data with Sen2Cor and LaSRC including BRDF correction and Topographic Normalization » Wolfgang Lueck (PCI Geomatics) 11:00 Arctic Coastal Erosion Monitoring with RADARSAT-2 InSAR Observations » Zhaohua Chen (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Sarah Banks (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Lori White (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Benoit Montpetit (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jon Pasher (Environment and Climate Change Canada), Jason Duffe (Environment and Climate Change Canada) 11:20 Terrain Stability Analysis Using InSAR, Object-Based Classification, and Geological Features: A Case Study from the Village of Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada » Bahram Salehi (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Fariba Mohammadimanesh (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Masoud Mahdianpari (C-CORE, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Jerry English (C-CORE), Joseph Chamberland (C-CORE), Pierre-Jean Alasset (C-CORE) 11:40 Spatial Drivers of Permafrost Thaw using an Integrated Machine Learning Approach and in situ Methods » Laura Chasmer (University of Lethbridge), Craig Mahoney (University of Lethbridge), Alissia Paluck (Farmers Edge Inc.), Ryan Connon (Wilfrid Laurier University), William Quinton (Wilfrid Laurier University), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge)
Thursday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-7B Machine learning in remote sensing image classification_3 Chaired By: Dongmei Chen Venue Selkirk-Marquis
10:20 Evaluating image segmentation quality through automated shape comparison » Dongmei Chen (Queen’s University) 10:40 Multi-temporal Analysis of cut block growth, regeneration and replanting using advanced remote sensing techniques » Muditha Heenkenda (Selkirk College), Thusil Dinesh Gunwardena (Selkirk College) 11:00 The impact of variability in SAR satellite imagery on classification success and accuracy » Katerina Biron (Defence R&D Canada), Koreen Millard (Defence R&D Canada), Jeff Secker (Defence R&D Canada) 11:20 Shelterbelt Agroforestry Systems Inventory and Removals Analyzed by Object-based Classification of Satellite Data in Saskatchewan, Canada » Thuan HA (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Soil Science), Beyhan Amichev (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Soil Science), Kenneth Belcher (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics), Murray Bentham (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Soil Science), Suren Kulshreshtha (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics), Colin Laroque (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Soil Science), Ken Van Rees (University of Saskatchewan, Department of Soil Science) 11:40 A comparison of k-NN and Random Forest for forest attribute mapping: model optimization and parsimony analyses » Craig Mahoney (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Guillermo Castilla (Natural Resource Canada), Michelle Filiatrault (Natural Resources Canada), Ron Hall (Natural Resources Canada)
Thursday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-7C Airborne imaging history, calibration & application Chaired By: Dirk Werle Venue GEOL 265
10:20 The µCASI Hyperspectral UAS Sensor: Side-by-Side Comparison with CASI-1500 » Raymond Soffer (National Research Council Canada), Gabriela Ifimov (National Research Council Canada), Tomas Naprstek (National Research Council Canada) 10:40 Tinker, Mapper, Soldier, Spy: Captain Henry Elsdale and his Pioneering 1882 and 1883 Air Photo Experiments in Halifax, Canada » Dirk Werle (ÆRDE Environmental Research) 11:00 Airborne Remote Sensing Technologies for Coniferous Stocking Assessment on Boreal Seismic Lines » Man Fai Wu (University of Calgary), Greg Mcdermid (University of Calgary), Julia Linke (University of Calgary), Mir Mustafizur Rahman (University of Calgary) 11:20 Applications for machine learning in UAS forest surveys » Andrew Plowright (FYBR Solutions Ltd.) 11:40 Apports de la télédétection dans l'évaluation des outils de foresterie communautaire dans le Haut-Katanga. Cas du terroir de Kikonke » Catherine NSIAMI MABIALA (Laboratoire de Cartographie, Télédétection et SIG / Université de Lubumbashi), Urcel Kalenga Tshingomba (Laboratoire de Cartographie, Télédétection et SIG), Herman BANZA KONGOLO (Université Nouveaux Horizons), John KATANGA KABIKA (Laboratoire de Cartographie, Télédétection et SIG / Université de Lubumbashi)
Thursday 10:20 - 12:00	OS-7D Water and Wetlands_5 Chaired By: Yask Shelat Venue BIOL 124
10:20 Data Fusion Approaches to Boreal Wetland Ecosystem Monitoring and Quality Control » Joshua Montgomery (University of Lethbridge), Christopher Hopkinson (University of Lethbridge), Brian Brisco (CCRS), Laura Chasmer (University of Lethbridge), Danielle Cobbaert (Government of Alberta) 10:40 Water Clarity mapping using optical sensors for LIDAR survey and image acquisition planning: Towards an Operational Approach » yask shelat (Canadian Hydrographic Service), René Chénier (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Khalid Omari (Fisheries and Oceans Canada), Marc-André Faucher (Canadian Hydrographic Service), Ryan Ahola (Canadian Hydrographic Service) 11:00 Tracking fine-scale seasonal evolution of surface water extent in Northern Canada and Alaska using CubeSat imagery » Sarah Cooley (Brown University), Laurence Smith (University of California), Lincoln Pitcher (University of California), Tamlin Pavelsky (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Jonathan Ryan (University of California Los Angeles) 11:20 Improving Empirical Approaches of Satellite Derived Bathymetry for Canadian Waters » Marc-André Faucher (Canadian Hydrographic Service), René Chénier (Canadian Hydrographic Service)
Thursday 12:00 - 13:00	Lunch Venue Garry-Marquis
Thursday 12:00 - 13:00	AGM Venue Montcalm-Marquis
Thursday 13:00 - 13:30	Closing Ceremony Venue Garry-Marquis

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