TH4.P9: Needs and Challenges for Separating Vegetation Structure from Bare Earth Topography for Mapping Earth’s Changing Surface and Overlying Vegetation Structure II
Thursday, 7 August, 15:45 - 17:00
Location: Plaza: Room P9
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Irena Hajnsek, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and John Armston, University of Maryland and Andrea Donnellan, Purdue University
Track: Community-Contributed Sessions
Thu, 7 Aug, 15:45 - 16:00

TH4.P9.1: THE 4D MISSION PHASE OF TANDEM-X: STATUS AND SCIENCE ACTIVITIES

Irena Hajnsek, Thomas Busche, Thomas Kraus, Markus Bachmann, Birgit Wessel, Marie Lachaise, Alberto Moreira, Manfred Zink, Stefan Buckreuss, German Aerospace Center, Germany
Thu, 7 Aug, 16:00 - 16:15

TH4.P9.2: MAPPING THE BIG TREES OF VANCOUVER ISLAND WITH LIDAR, SENTINEL-1, SENTINEL-2 AND DEEP LEARNING
Luizmar De Assis Barros, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada; Jose Bermudez, McMaster University, Canada; Xavier Llano, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada; Camile Sothe, Planet Labs PB, United States; Juan Pablo Ramírez-Delgado, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada; Karen Price, Bulkley Valley Research Centre, Canada; Alemu Gonsamo, McMaster University, Canada; Michelle Venter, Oscar Venter, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Thu, 7 Aug, 16:15 - 16:30

TH4.P9.3: VARIABLE IMPORTANCE FOR MODELS TRAINED TO PREDICT COPERNICUS DEM ERRORS IN DIFFERENT LAND COVER ENVIRONMENTS
Michael Meadows, Simon Jones, Karin Reinke, RMIT University, Australia
Thu, 7 Aug, 16:30 - 16:45

TH4.P9.4: Evaluating the effect of image resolution and stereo acquisition geometry on DEM quality
Shashank Bhushan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States; J. Michelle Hu, University of Utah, United States; David Shean, University of Washington, United States
Thu, 7 Aug, 16:45 - 17:00

TH4.P9.5: The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) mission: Tracking change in the 3D structure of terrestrial ecosystems and surface topography of ice using satellite laser altimetry
John Armston, University of Maryland, United States; Helen Amanda Fricker, University of California San Diego, United States; J. Bryan Blair, Scott Luthcke, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States