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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2016.32.5.3

A Study on the Land Surface Emissivity (LSE) Distribution of Mid-wavelength Infrared (MWIR) over the Korean Peninsula  

Sun, Jongsun (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Park, Wook (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
Won, Joong-sun (Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.32, no.5, 2016 , pp. 423-434 More about this Journal
Abstract
Surface emissivity and its background values according to each sensor are mandatorily necessary for Mid-Wavelength Infrared (MWIR) remote sensing to retrieve surface temperature and temporal variation. This study presents the methods and results of Land Surface Emissivity (LSE) of the MWIR according to land cover over the Korean Peninsula. The MWIR emissivity was estimated by applying the Temperature Independent Spectral Indices (TISI) method to the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) band 4 Day/Night images ($3.74{\mu}m$ in center wavelength). The obtained values were classified according to land-cover types, and the obtained emissivity was then compared with those calculated from a standard Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) spectral library. The annual means of MWIR emissivity of Deciduous Broadleaf Forest (0.958) and Mixed Forest (0.935) are higher than those of Croplands (0.925) and Natural Vegetation Mosaics (0.935) by about 2-3%. The annual mean of Urban area is the lowest (0.914) with an annual variation of about 2% which is by larger than those (1%) of other land-covers. The TISI and VIIRS based emissivity is slightly lower than the ASTER spectral library by about 2-3% supposedly due to various reasons such as lack of land cover homogeneity. The results will be used to understand the MWIR emissivity properties of the Korean Peninsula and to examine the seasonal and other environmental changes using MWIR images.
Keywords
Land surface emissivity; Mid-Wavelength Infrared (MWIR); TISI; VIIRS; Korean Peninsula;
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