A Monte Carlo Emissivity Model for Wind-Roughened Sea Surface

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 19; no. 9; p. 2166
• Main Authors: Cheng, Jie, Cheng, Xiaolong, Meng, Xiangchen, Zhou, Guanhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 10.05.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Accuracy; Bias; broadband emissivity; Computer simulation; Computing time; Efficiency; Emissivity; Geometry; Model accuracy; Monte Carlo model; Ray tracing; Remote sensing; sea surface emissivity; Sea surface temperature; SST; Temperature; thermal-infrared; Two dimensional models; Wind speed; Beijing China; United States > US; China; Monte Carlo model; thermal-infrared; broadband emissivity; sea surface emissivity; SST; ray-tracing

Sea surface emissivity (SSE) is a key variable in the estimation of sea surface temperature and the sea surface radiation budget. A physical base SSE model with adequate accuracy and acceptable computational efficiency is highly desired. This paper develops a Monte Carlo ray-tracing model to compute...