Bahram Salehi, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, United States, Masoud Mahdianpari, Memorial University of Newfoundland, C-CORE and Electrical Engineering, St John's, NL, Canada, Fariba Mohammadimanesh, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, NL, Canada and Brian Brisco, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Canada