Bridging the Global Precipitation and Soil Moisture Active Passive Missions: Variability of Microwave Surface Emissivity from In situ and Remote Sensing Perspectives

Yaoyao Zheng1, Pierre Kirstetter2, Yang Hong1 and Joe J Turk3, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma Norman, School of Meteorology and School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Norman, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States