Symposium Program

1:00pm - 1:20pm

Early Detection of Woody Plant Expansion in Canadian Prairie Based on Drone Imagery and Deep Learning

Y. Pu, X. Lu, I. Soubry, Dr. X. Guo

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

1:20pm - 1:40pm

Multi-Source Earth Observation Analysis in Canadian Grasslands: Enhancing Woody Plant Encroachment Detection & Benefits to the Environment and Economy

Dr. I. Soubry¹, Dr. L. N. Maros², Dr. X. Guo¹, Dr. R. S. Gray², Dr. E. Lamb³

¹Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; ²Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; ³Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

1:40pm - 2:00pm

Remote Sensing-Based Quantification and Mapping of Native Tree Cover in Saskatchewan’s Prairie Landscape

Dr. E. Shafeian¹, Dr. B. J. Mood¹, Dr. K. W. Belcher², Dr. C. P. Laroque¹

¹Mistik Askiwin Dendrochronology Laboratory, Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada; ²Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

2:00pm - 2:20pm

Multi-Year Multitemporal Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Imagery for Native Grassland and Seeded Forage Identification Across a Gradient of Southern Alberta Prairie Ecoregions

Dr. E. J. Lindsay¹, Dr. C. Champagne¹, B. Houston², Dr. B. Daneshfar¹, Dr. S. Mitchell³

¹Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada, Ottawa, ON; ²Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada, Regina, SK; ³Carleton University, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

2:20pm - 2:40pm

Machine learning models for improving subtropical forest biomass estimation using Sentinel-1/2 synergy

A. Aidoo Borsah¹, M. S. Wong^1,2, M. Nazeer¹, G. Shi^1,2

¹The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China); ²Research Institute for Land and Space, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China