Atmosphere effect analysis and atmosphere correction of AMSR-E brightness temperature over land

Accurate microwave brightness temperature is important for the retrieval of land surface parameter. However, the existence of atmosphere affect acquisition of brightness temperature by microwave sensor onboard satellite. In this paper, atmosphere sensitivity of each band of AMSR-E is analyzed and an atmosphere correction method is developed with ancillary water vapor and cloud liquid water data for both clear and cloudy condition. As a validation, time series of microwave vegetation index is used to qualitatively verify the atmosphere corrected brightness temperature, and it shows that the atmosphere correction method make a good improvement on microwave vegetation index.