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