In-depth Analysis of Land Surface Emissivity using Microwave Polarization Difference Index to Improve Satellite QPE

Yaoyao Zheng1, Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter1, Yang Hong1, Yixin Berry Wen1, Joe J Turk2 and Jonathan J Gourley3, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (3)National Severe Storms Lab, Oklahoma City, United States