The study of estimation method of broadband emissivity from EOS/MODIS data

The broadband emissivity is an important parameter for estimating the energy balance of the Earth. This study focuses on estimating the window (8-12 μm) emissivity from the MODIS (moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer) data, and two methods are built. The regression method obtains the broadband emissivity from MOD11B1_5KM product, whose coefficient is developed by using 128 spectra, and the standard deviation of error is about 0.0118 and the mean error is about 0.0084. Although the estimation accuracy is very high while the broadband emissivity is estimated from the emissivity of bands 29, 31 and 32 obtained from MOD11B1_5KM product, the standard deviations of errors of single emissivity in bands 29, 31, 32 are about 0.009 for MOD11B1_5KM product, so the total error is about 0.02 and resolution is about 5 km × 5 km. A combined radiative transfer model with dynamic learning neural network method is used to estimate the broadband emissivity from MODIS 1B data. The standard deviation of error is about 0.016, the mean error is about 0.01, and the resolution is about 1 km × 1 km. The validation and application analysis indicates that the regression is simpler and more practical, and estimation accuracy of the dynamic learning neural network method is higher. Considering the needs for accuracy and practicalities in application, one of them can be chosen to estimate the broadband emissivity from MODIS data. Copyright © by HIGH TECHNOLOGY LETTERS PRESS.