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We first analyze the sensitivity of surface emissivity to parameters using the advanced integral equation model (AIEM) simulated data. On the basis of the analysis and previous empirical models, two function factors that consider the polarization dependence of surface reflectivity are developed in the parameterized soil surface emissivity model. These factors also comprehensively account for the effects of surface roughness, soil moisture, and incident angle. A comparison with the AIEM simulated data indicates that the absolute error of effective reflectivity estimated by the parameterized soil surface emissivity model is small with a magnitude of 10\u22122. Validation through experimental measurements suggests that a good agreement could be obtained. The parameterized soil surface emissivity model is applied to simulate satellite measurements of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System (AMSR-E). Compared with the commonly-used microwave land emissivity model developed by Weng et al. (2001), the simulation results using the parameterized soil surface emissivity model yield a lower root-mean-square error (RMSE) and the overall errors are reduced, particularly for horizontal polarization. The newly-developed parameterized soil surface emissivity model should be useful in improving our understanding and modeling the measurements of passive microwave radiometers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs9020155","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,2,15]],"date-time":"2017-02-15T10:09:07Z","timestamp":1487153347000},"page":"155","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["A Parameterized Microwave Emissivity Model for Bare Soil Surfaces"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Yanhui","family":"Xie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100089, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6163-2912","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiancheng","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"},{"name":"Joint Center for Global Change Studies (JCGCS), Beijing 100875, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6388-2555","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dabin","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}]},{"given":"Jiqin","family":"Zhong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100089, China"}]},{"given":"Shuiyong","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100089, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,2,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"20115","DOI":"10.1029\/2001JD900019","article-title":"A microwave land emissivity model","volume":"106","author":"Weng","year":"2001","journal-title":"J. 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