Research Article
High-Resolution, Near Real-Time Simulation of Microwave Radiance Using a Simple Land-Cover Based Emissivity Prior
Table 2
Standard emissivity values for the vegetation types found in the innermost domain of the simulations.
| Vegetation Type | 10 h | 10 v | 23 h | 23 v | 36 h | 36 v | 89 h | 89 v |
| 1 | Urban/built up land | 0.880 | 0.930 | 0.845 | 0.875 | 0.830 | 0.875 | 0.885 | 0.925 | 2 | Dry cropland, pasture | 0.925 | 0.955 | 0.920 | 0.945 | 0.925 | 0.945 | 0.940 | 0.965 | 3 | Irrigated cropland, pasture | 0.845 | 0.900 | 0.855 | 0.895 | 0.860 | 0.895 | 0.900 | 0.920 | 5 | Cropland/grassland mosaic | 0.905 | 0.930 | 0.880 | 0.910 | 0.850 | 0.900 | 0.890 | 0.920 | 6 | Cropland/woodland mosaic | 0.875 | 0.925 | 0.895 | 0.925 | 0.905 | 0.930 | 0.935 | 0.945 | 7 | Grassland | 0.905 | 0.945 | 0.895 | 0.930 | 0.895 | 0.925 | 0.895 | 0.925 | 8 | Shrubland | 0.860 | 0.945 | 0.870 | 0.935 | 0.880 | 0.935 | 0.930 | 0.945 | 9 | Mixed grassland/shrubland | 0.910 | 0.945 | 0.905 | 0.935 | 0.910 | 0.935 | 0.945 | 0.955 | 10 | Savanna | 0.885 | 0.910 | 0.895 | 0.915 | 0.905 | 0.920 | 0.915 | 0.925 | 11 | Deciduous broadleaf forest | 0.935 | 0.960 | 0.940 | 0.955 | 0.940 | 0.955 | 0.965 | 0.970 | 12 | Deciduous needleleaf forest | 0.860 | 0.935 | 0.760 | 0.875 | 0.700 | 0.845 | 0.760 | 0.890 | 13 | Evergreen broadleaf forest | 0.940 | 0.975 | 0.915 | 0.945 | 0.915 | 0.940 | 0.920 | 0.945 | 14 | Evergreen needleleaf forest | 0.925 | 0.965 | 0.915 | 0.950 | 0.915 | 0.945 | 0.935 | 0.960 | 15 | Mixed forest | 0.965 | 0.980 | 0.960 | 0.975 | 0.955 | 0.970 | 0.885 | 0.900 | 19 | Barren/sparsely vegetated | 0.805 | 0.895 | 0.805 | 0.895 | 0.820 | 0.905 | 0.855 | 0.935 | 21 | Wooded tundra | 0.935 | 0.940 | 0.905 | 0.930 | 0.870 | 0.885 | 0.815 | 0.835 |
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