Estimation of land surface directional emissivity
in mid-infrared channel around 4.0 µm from
MODIS data

doi:10.1364/OE.17.003173

Estimation of land surface directional emissivity in mid-infrared channel around 4.0 µm from MODIS data

Bo-Hui Tang, Zhao-Liang Li, and Yuyun Bi »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 5, pp. 3173-3182 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.003173

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This work addressed the estimate of the directional emissivity in the mid-infrared (MIR) channel around 4.0 μm from MODIS data. A series of bidirectional reflectances in MODIS channel 22 (3.97 μm) were retrieved using the method developed by Tang and Li (Int. J. Remote Sens. 29, 4907, 2008) and then were used to estimate the directional emissivity in this channel with the aid of the BRDF model modified by Jiang and Li (Opt. Express 16, 19310, 2008). To validate the estimated directional emissivity, a cross-comparison of MODIS derived emissivities in channel 22 using the proposed method were performed with those provided by the MODIS land surface temperature/emissivity product MYD11B1 data. The results show that the proposed method for estimating the directional emissivity in MIR channel gives results comparable to those of MYD11B1 product with a Mean Error of -0.007 and a Root Mean Square Error of 0.024.

OCIS Codes
(100.3190) Image processing : Inverse problems
(120.3940) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrology
(120.5630) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Radiometry
(280.0280) Remote sensing and sensors : Remote sensing and sensors
(280.4991) Remote sensing and sensors : Passive remote sensing

ToC Category:
Remote Sensing and Sensors

History
Original Manuscript: November 19, 2008
Revised Manuscript: January 16, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: January 21, 2009
Published: February 17, 2009

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Bo-Hui Tang, Zhao-Liang Li, and Yuyun Bi, "Estimation of land surface directional emissivity in mid-infrared channel around 4.0 µm from MODIS data," Opt. Express 17, 3173-3182 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-5-3173

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G. Jiang, Z.-L. Li, and F. Nerry, "Land surface emissivity retrieval from combined mid-indrared and thermal infrared data of MSG-SEVIRI," Remote Sens. Environ. 105, 326-340 (2006). [CrossRef]
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B. Tang and Z.-L. Li, "Retrieval of land surface bidirectional reflectivity in the mid-infrared from MODIS channels 22 and 23," Int. J. Remote Sens. 29, 4907-4925 (2008). [CrossRef]
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Deschamps, P. Y.
Jiang, G.
Kallberg, P. W.
Kuusk, A.
Leroy, M.
Li, X.
Li, Z.-L.
Lucht, W.
Nerry, F.
Nilson, T.
Petitcolin, F.
Pokrovsky, O.
Roujean, J. L.
Simmons, A. J.
Stoll, M. P.
Strahler, A. H.
Tang, B.
Uppala, S. M.
Wan, Z.
Wanner, W.
Zhang, R. H.

Int. J. Remote Sens.

F. Petitcolin, F. Nerry, and M. P. Stoll, "Directional emissivity from AVHRR: Application to a region of northern Africa and the Iberian peninsula 1. Mapping emissivity in channel 3," Int. J. Remote Sens. 23, 3443-3472 (2002). [CrossRef]
B. Tang and Z.-L. Li, "Retrieval of land surface bidirectional reflectivity in the mid-infrared from MODIS channels 22 and 23," Int. J. Remote Sens. 29, 4907-4925 (2008). [CrossRef]

J. Geophys. Res.

W. Lucht, "Expected retrieval accuracies of bidirectional reflectance and albedo from EOS-MODIS and MISR angular sampling," J. Geophys. Res. 103, 8763-8778 (1998). [CrossRef]
J. L. Roujean, M. Leroy, and P. Y. Deschamps, "A bidirectional reflectance model of the Earth’s surface for the correction of remote sensing data," J. Geophys. Res. 97, 20,455-20,468 (1992).
W. Wanner, X. Li, and A. H. Strahler, "On the derivation of kernels for kernel-driven models of bidirectional reflectance," J. Geophys. Res. 100, 21,077-21,089 (1995). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

G. Jiang and Z.-L. Li, "Intercomparison of two BRDF models in the estimation of the directional emissivity in MIR channel from MSG1-SEVIRI data," Opt. Express 16, 19310-19321 (2008). [CrossRef]

Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.

S. M. Uppala, P. W. Kallberg, and A. J. Simmons et al., "The ERA-40 re-analysis," Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 131, 2961-3012 (2005). [CrossRef]

Remote Sens. Environ.

Z. Wan, "New refinements and validation of the MODIS land-surface temperature/emissivity products," Remote Sens. Environ. 112, 59-97 (2008). [CrossRef]
T. Nilson and A. Kuusk, "A reflectance model for the homogeneous plant canopy and its inversion," Remote Sens. Environ. 27, 157-167 (1989). [CrossRef]
O. Pokrovsky and J. L. Roujean, "Land surface albedo retrieval via kernel-based BRDF modeling: I. Statistical inversion method and model comparison," Remote Sens. Environ. 84, 100-119 (2002). [CrossRef]
G. Jiang, Z.-L. Li, and F. Nerry, "Land surface emissivity retrieval from combined mid-indrared and thermal infrared data of MSG-SEVIRI," Remote Sens. Environ. 105, 326-340 (2006). [CrossRef]

Remote Sens. Rev.

W. Lucht and J. L. Roujean, "Considerations in the parametric modeling of BRDF and albedo from multiangular satellite sensor observations," Remote Sens. Rev. 18, 343-379 (2000). [CrossRef]

Sci. China Ser. E: Technol. Sci.

Z.-L. Li, F. Petitcolin and R. H. Zhang, "A physically based algorithm for land surface emissivity retrieval from combined mid-infrared and thermal infrared data," Sci. China Ser. E: Technol. Sci. 14, Supp: 23-33 (2000). [CrossRef]

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