Global Land Cover Classification Based on Microwave Polarization and Gradient Ratio (MPGR) - Geoinformatics for Intelligent Transportation - page 24

AMSR-E 10.7 H BT Value range for land cover classes on 30/09/2011.

350

300

250

200

150

Maximum BT in Kelvin
Max. BT std. value
Mean BT in Kelvin
Min. BT std. value
Minimum BT in Kelvin

100

50

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Land Cover Classes

789 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

AMSR-E 10.7 V BT Value range for land cover classes on 30/09/2011.

350

330

310

290
270
250

230

210
190

Maximum BT in Kelvin
Max. BT std. value
Mean BT in Kelvin
Min. BT std. value
Minimum BT in Kelvin

170
150

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Land Cover Classes

789 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Fig. 2 continued

Table 2 shows all 17 land cover classes based on the MPGR graphs. For the
PR 89 GHz) combination, vegetation is present from 0.0 to 0.06,

and then barren/sparse vegetation or bare soil from 0.06 to 0.09, with ice between
0.09 and 0.012 and then water. For the PR

PR (36 18, 10

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18)]
combination, vegetation is from 0.0 to 0.04, bare soil from 0.06 to 0.08, and ice
0.09 to 0.12 followed by water. For the GR

GR [18 — (18 89), 10 — (10

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GR (89 18, 36 10) combination,

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dense vegetation is present between 0.03 and 0.0, then normal vegetation, bare

soil between 0.04 and 0.05, then snow/ice from 0.05 to 0.06, and again followed by
water.

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