Influence of surface topography on brightness temperature of the regions along the road
Internal temperature of the road is one of the important indicators to evaluate the safety of the road, and the microwave radiometer data is only efficient way to acquire the internal temperatures. This study is to evaluate the influence of the surface topography on the brightness temperature (TB) measured the microwave radiometer data. The results are as follows. (1) The surface slope (θ) and its direction play the important roles on the TB. (2) The influence of θ on TB is weaker compared to that of the surface temperature. (3) At least in low latitude regions, the influence of topography on the TB can be neglected in macro scale. The conclusions are essential to better understand the internal physical parameters of the road with the microwave radiometer data.