Retrieval of Microwave Surface Emissivities at TMI Frequencies in Shouxian

Using a microwave radiative transfer model, atmospheric sounding profiles, satellite brightness temperatures, and some surface observed measurements under cloud-free conditions, surface emissivities at the frequencies of TRMM/TMI (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager) at Shouxian in HUBEX (Huaihe River Basin Energy and Water Cycle Experiment) are retrieved. Compared to the microwave surface emissivities with changing conditions of the surface, it is found that the microwave emissivities have some sensitive variability with the conditions of the surface, and the variability is reasonable. In the calculation, the surface air temperatures are assumed to equal the surface skin temperatures, and only the emissivity at Shouxian is calculated; the calculation of the emissivities over the region of HUBEX needs more measurements.