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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
TU2.R3: Remote Sensing of Hot Deserts and Desertification
Oral
Tue, 11 Aug, 11:00 - 12:15
Location: TBD
Session Type: Oral
Track: Community Contributed Themes
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Tue, 11 Aug, 11:00 - 11:15

TU2.R3.1: SEASONAL DIFFERENCES IN ALBEDO FOR ‎DIFFERENT ‎GEOLOGIES ‎
Elena Roitberg, Maxim Shoshany, Rony Basevitch, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Tue, 11 Aug, 11:15 - 11:30

TU2.R3.2: TUNING FOR DESERTS: A NEW GROUND BASED SUPPORT FOR WIDE REGIONAL DESERT REMOTE SENSING
Maxim Shoshany, Technion, Israel; Nurit Agam, Noam Weisbrod, Arnon Karnieli, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; Moshe Arnon, Hebrew University, Israel; Elad Dente, Haifa University, Israel; Nili Harnik, Eitan Hirsch, Tel-Aviv University, Israel; Ilan Koren, Shira Raveh-Rubin, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Tue, 11 Aug, 11:30 - 11:45

TU2.R3.3: DESERT-VEGETATION BOUNDARY DETECTION VIA PROJECTION OF SELF-SUPERVISED SATELLITE EMBEDDINGS
Ido Faran, Nathan Netanyahu, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Tue, 11 Aug, 11:45 - 12:00

TU2.R3.4: Microtopography Feature Extraction of Geological and Soil Erosions Through BRDF Simulation and Spectral Measurements
Fadi Kizel, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Tue, 11 Aug, 12:00 - 12:15

TU2.R3.5: Assessing IGS Station Suitability for Environmental Monitoring of Soil Moisture and Vegetation Content Using Ground-Based GNSS-IR Remote Sensing
Rida Awad, Fadi Kizel, Gilad Even-Tzur, Technion- Israeli Institute of Technology, Israel