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5 Conclusion
This study is an attempt to use AMSR-E BT data for retrieving land cover classes.
AMSR-E frequencies have relationship between land cover and MPGR values.
Results con
cation based on MPGR has the
potential to reveal more precise land surface features from AMSR-E remote sensing
data. Using a single day data, we classi
rm that the simpli
ed land cover classi
ed the land surface into 17 types based on
their MPGR values. Where all green/healthy vegetation comes near to 0.0 in
polarization ratio and bellow then 0.0 in gradient ratio. Normal vegetation falls till
0.05 and then higher values for degraded or low vegetation/bare soil and built
up. Highest values above 0.12 are for ice/water. This method can be used to target
speci
c locations based on ground observations, but needs additional investigation,
using data from different times of the year where the surface characteristics change.
In addition, applying these relationships to independent data to learn about their
stability also needs to be performed. Building an improved monitoring system for
meteorological applications should be a subject of further research.
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