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Surface Emissivity Modeling - University of Wisconsin–Madison

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<strong>Surface</strong> <strong>Emissivity</strong> <strong>Modeling</strong><br />

• Open water –two-scale<br />

roughness theory<br />

• Sea ice – Coherent<br />

reflection<br />

• Canopy – Four layer<br />

clustering scattering<br />

• Bare soil – Coherent<br />

reflection and surface<br />

roughness<br />

• Snow/desert – Random<br />

media<br />

Weng et al (2001, JGR)<br />

<strong>Emissivity</strong> at H-Polarization<br />

<strong>Emissivity</strong> at V-Polarization<br />

<strong>Surface</strong> <strong>Emissivity</strong> Spectra (θ=53 0 )<br />

1.0<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

0.2<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200<br />

Frequency (GHz)<br />

<strong>Surface</strong> <strong>Emissivity</strong> Spectra (θ=53 0 )<br />

1.0<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

0.2<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200<br />

Frequency (GHz)<br />

Snow<br />

Canopy<br />

Bare Soil<br />

Wet Land<br />

Desert<br />

Ocean<br />

Snow<br />

Canopy<br />

Bare Soil<br />

Wet Land<br />

Desert<br />

Ocean

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