Primary Convener:
Surui Xie, University of Houston

Convener:
Makan Karegar, University of Bonn
Dongju Peng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jihye Park, Oregon State University

Early Career Convener:
Surui Xie, University of Houston

Chair:
Makan Karegar, University of Bonn
Dongju Peng, Nanyang Technological University
Jihye Park, Oregon State University
Surui Xie, University of Houston

GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) is an emerging remote sensing technique that uses the interference between direct and coherently reflected GNSS signals. This technique has been applied to measure a variety of variables including water level, significant wave height, snow accumulation, ice freeboard, permafrost thaw, soil moisture, vegetation water content, and coastal subsidence. As the number of developers and users continues to grow, this session seeks to highlight advances in the (near real-time) acquisition, processing, analysis and application of GNSS-IR in environmental sensing. The session welcomes contributions related to the algorithmic and technical improvement of GNSS-IR models, as well as the development of open-source hardware and software. We also invite presentations of GNSS-IR delivery products and their validation, the optimal exploitation of geodetic and affordable GNSS sensors for GNSS-IR applications, and initiatives for (near) real-time monitoring of environmental variables.

Index Terms
0702 Permafrost
1225 Global change from geodesy
1641 Sea level change
1866 Soil moisture

Co-Organized Sessions:
Global Environmental Change
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Hydrology
Cryosphere

Cross-Listed:
C - Cryosphere
H - Hydrology
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
GC - Global Environmental Change

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior
3. Earth Covering