Global Land Cover Classification Based on Microwave Polarization and Gradient Ratio (MPGR) - Geoinformatics for Intelligent Transportation - page 32

Table 2 Land cover classes and there MPGR value
Land cover classes PR-10 PR-18 PR-36 PR-89 GR-V

(89

GR-H
(89

GR-V
(36

GR-H
(36 18) 18) 10) 10)

- - - -

Water 0.20 0.25 0.17 0.18 0.035 0.04 0.06 0.07 0.10 0.11 0.20 0.25 0.10 0.11 0.30 0.4

- - - - - - - -

Evergreen Needle leaf
Forest

0.005 - 0.01 0.005 - 0.01 0.005 - 0.01 0.00 - 0.005 0.00 - 0.005 0.005 - 0.01 0.005 - 0.01 0.005 - 0.01

Evergreen broad leaf forest 0.00 - 0.005 0.00 - 0.005 0.00 - 0.005 0.00 - 0.005 -0.02 to

− 0.03

− 0.02 to
− 0.03

− 0.01 to -
0.005

− 0.01 to
− 0.005

Deciduous needle leaf
forest

0.005 0.01 0.005 0.01 0.005 0.01 0.00 0.005 0.005 0.01 0.005 0.01 0.005 0.01 0.005 0.01

- - - - - - - -

Deciduous broad leaf
forest

0.005 0.01 0.00 0.005 0.00 0.005 0.00 0.005 0.00 0.005 0.00 0.005 0.005 0.0 0.00 0.005

- - - - - - − - -

Mixed forest 0.005 - 0.01 0.00 - 0.005 0.00 - 0.005 0.00 - 0.005 0.005 - 0.01 0.005 - 0.01 0.005 - 0.01 0.005 - 0.01

Closed shrub lands 0.035 - 0.04 0.025 - 0.03 0.015 - 0.02 0.01 - 0.015 − 0.005 - 0.0 0.015 - 0.02 0.00 - 0.005 0.02 - 0.025

Open shrub lands 0.04 0.05 0.035 0.04 0.025 0.03 0.01 0.015 0.01 to 0.015 0.02 0.005 0.0 0.025 0.03

- - - - − - − - -

0.005

−

Woody savannas 0.00 0.005 0.00 0.005 0.00 0.005 0.00 0.005 0.01 to 0.005 0.0 0.005 0.0 0.005 0.0

- - - - − − - − - − -

0.005

−

Savannas 0.015 - 0.02 0.01 - 0.015 0.005 - 0.01 0.00 - 0.005 − 0.01 to

− 0.005

0.00 - 0.005 − 0.005 - 0.0 0.005 - 0.01

Grasslands 0.04 0.05 0.025 0.03 0.015 0.02 0.005 0.01 0.005 0.0 0.02 0.025 0.005 0.01 0.03 0.035

- - - - − - - - -

Permanent wetlands 0.035 0.04 0.025 0.03 0.02 0.025 0.015 0.02 0.02 0.025 0.035 0.04 0.015 0.02 0.03 0.035

- - - - - - - -

Croplands 0.025 - 0.03 0.015 - 0.02 0.01 - 0.015 0.005 - 0.01 0.005 - 0.01 0.015 - 0.02 0.005 - 0.01 0.02 - 0.025

Urban built-up 0.05 0.06 0.035 0.04 0.00 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.025 0.03 0.05 0.06 0.00 0.005 0.05 0.06

- - - - - - - -

Cropland natural vegeta-
tion mosaic

0.03 0.035 0.02 0.025 0.01 0.015 0.00 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.025 0.03 0.01 0.015 0.03 0.035

- - - - - - - -

Snow ice 0.13 0.14 0.11 0.12 0.07 0.08 0.05 0.06 0.01 to 0.05 to 0.02 to 0.05 0.06

- - - - − − -