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. 2022 Sep 28;10:e13911. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13911

Table 1. Emissivity values used for different land surfaces.

Surface type Emissivity Source
Forest 0.99 Sobrino, Jiménez-Muñoz & Paolini (2004)
Grass 0.98 Labed & Stoll (1991)
Tall Grass 0.994 Labed & Stoll (1991)
Limestone 0.95 Mineo & Pappalardo (2021)
Shrub 0.986 Van de Griend & Owe (1993)
Soil 0.95 Nichol (2009)
Water 0.995 Qin et al. (2006)
Wood 0.97 Pitarma, Crisóstomo & Jorge (2016)