https://xiaolan.in/talk/Recent content in Talks & Slides on Xiaolan XuHugoenMon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://xiaolan.in/talk/freeze-thaw-uqtr/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://xiaolan.in/talk/freeze-thaw-uqtr/Copyright & Attribution © 2026. California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged. Author: Xiaolan Xu Affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Funding: The research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NM0018D0004). Invited seminar on continuous (non-binary) freeze-thaw state retrieval from L-band microwave missions. Covers the scientific motivation, algorithm development, and validation work for transitioning from traditional binary freeze-thaw classification to continuous state estimation.