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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
TU4.R17: Space Lidar: Missions, Technologies, and Observations 2/2
Oral
Tue, 11 Aug, 16:15 - 17:30
Location: TBD
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Upendra Singh, NASA Langley Research Center and Georgios Tzeremes, European Space Agency
Track: Community Contributed Themes
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Tue, 11 Aug, 16:15 - 16:30

TU4.R17.1: Fibertek Space Earth, Lunar, and Planetary Lidar and Optical Communications Technology
Mark Storm, Nicholas Swaruk, Fibertek Inc, United States
Tue, 11 Aug, 16:30 - 16:45

TU4.R17.2: EARTHCARE'S ATMOSPHERIC LIDAR PERFORMANCES
Fabien Marnas, Loredana Spezzi, European space Agency, Netherlands; David Donovan, Annabel Chantry, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands; Geraud de Villele, Bertrand Corselle, Airbus, France; Alex Hoffmann, Filomena Catapano, Georgios D. Tzeremes, Kotska Wallace, Bjoern Frommknecht, European space Agency, Netherlands
Tue, 11 Aug, 16:45 - 17:00

TU4.R17.3: Design and Demonstration of the Airborne Concurrent Artificially-intelligent Spectrometry and Adaptive Lidar System (CASALS)
Guangning Yang, Jeffrey Chen, Hui Li, David Harding, NASA, United States; Wei Lu, COLUMBUS TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES INC, United States; William Hassebrack, Columbus technologies and services, United States; Steve Marlow, Blackwatch International corporation, United States; John Yorks, NASA, United States
Tue, 11 Aug, 17:00 - 17:15

TU4.R17.4: Synergistic Use of GEDI and NISAR L-Band for Mapping Forest Aboveground Biomass
Preet Lal, John David Armston, University of Maryland, College Park, United States; Naveen Ramachandran, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States; KC Cushman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States; Sassan Saatchi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States; Ralph Dubayah, University of Maryland, College Park, United States
Tue, 11 Aug, 17:15 - 17:30

TU4.R17.5: MULTISENSOR MACHINE LEARNING FOR ANNUAL (2019–2024) FOREST CANOPY HEIGHT MAPPING AND CHANGE DETECTION USING GEDI IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Ghaith kouki, Bahram Salehi, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, United States; Barry Wilson, Forest Service Northern Research Station, United States