TH2.L5: The Potential Multifrequency Microwave Satellite Data for the Monitoring of Vegetation Biomass II |
| Session Type: Oral |
| Time: Thursday, July 14, 10:30 - 12:10 |
| Location: Room 301A+B |
| Session Chairs: Jiancheng Shi, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Simonetta Paloscia, National Research Council - Institute of Applied Physics (CNR-IFAC) |
| 10:30 - 10:50 |
| TH2.L5.1: SMOS FOREST OPTICAL DEPTH INTERCOMPARISONS OVER PAN-TROPICAL BIOMES |
| Cristina Vittucci; Tor Vergata University |
| Paolo Ferrazzoli; Tor Vergata University |
| Yann Kerr; Centre d'Études Spatiales de la BIOsphère (CESBIO) |
| Philippe Richaume; Centre d'Études Spatiales de la BIOsphère (CESBIO) |
| Leila Guerriero; Tor Vergata University |
| Gaia Vaglio Laurin; Tuscia University |
| 10:50 - 11:10 |
| TH2.L5.2: ESTIMATING OPTICAL DEPTH AND SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO OF SHORT VEGETATION BASED ON THE REFINED MVI |
| Linna Chai; Beijing Normal University |
| Jiancheng Shi; Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Fengmin Wu; Chongqing Geomatics Center |
| 11:10 - 11:30 |
| TH2.L5.3: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VEGETATION OPTICAL DEPTH AND EFFECTIVE OPTICAL DEPTH USING SIMULATED DATA |
| Yunqing Li; Beijing City University |
| Jiancheng Shi; State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, CAS |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
| TH2.L5.4: MULTI-FREQUENCY INVESTIGATION INTO SCATTERING FROM VEGETATION OVER THE GROWTH CYCLE |
| Mehmet Kurum; George Washington Unversity |
| Roger Lang; George Washington Unversity |
| Mark Tentindo; George Washington Unversity |
| Peggy O'Neill; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Alicia Joseph; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Manohar Deshpande; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Michael Cosh; U.S. Department of Agriculture - ARS |
| 11:50 - 12:10 |
| TH2.L5.5: BENEFIT OF MODELING THE OBSERVATION ERROR IN A DATA ASSIMILATION FRAMEWORK USING VEGETATION INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM PASSIVE-BASED MICROWAVE DATA |
| John Bolten; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Iliana Mladenova; University of Maryland |
| Wade Crow; U.S. Department of Agriculture - Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab |
| Richard de Jeu; Transmissivity |
