LIBYA

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 28.5 / 21.5

Source network: ALBEDOVAL1

Geostationary surface albedo (GSA) data

“+000”

“+057/+063”

Landcover information (based on ESA CCI landcover data)

Landcover fractions @ 2km distance

Landcover fractions @ 20 km distance

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Distance to open water bodies [km]:	none in region
Distance to urban areas [km]:	none in region

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

The heterogeneity analysis provides information about the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the site.

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.32071670152
Rcv	0.0697139486758
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.222990658649
Rsv	-0.999999494831

Height range @ 1km [m]	18
Height range @ 2km [m]	15
Height range @ 5km [m]	16
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	3
Variance slope @ 2 km	2
Variance slope @ 5 km	2
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.09282895186
Rcv	0.901804767358
Rse	0.0
Rst	2.07612146306e-10
Rsv	1.84336408515

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.0
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.0
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.0
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.01

Variance slope @ 1 km	1.91080982577e-07
Variance slope @ 2 km	3.2000788456e-07
Variance slope @ 5 km	3.38145794382e-07
Variance slope @ 10 km	4.69226946888e-07
Variance slope @ 20 km	6.33985805747e-07

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.00410542747978
Rcv	0.666023504334
Rse	0.0
Rst	1.81732795467e-08
Rsv	730.073957825

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.0
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.0
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.01

NDVI slope @ 1 km	2.72384793173e-07
NDVI slope @ 2 km	4.41434480022e-07
NDVI slope @ 5 km	4.1607600425e-07
NDVI slope @ 10 km	5.37429150739e-07
NDVI slope @ 20 km	7.20969897784e-07

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00529039334955
Ordinary least square:	0.00371830744644

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	3.4 %
Ordinary least square:	0.0 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00438938918149
Ordinary least square:	0.000768178356093

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	3.5 %
Ordinary least square:	20.7 %

+057/+063 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.0811442264725
Ordinary least square:	0.0562851552499

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	3.8 %
Ordinary least square:	3.1 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.0438500952446
Ordinary least square:	0.0250532276733

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	3.0 %
Ordinary least square:	1.6 %

Temporal anomaly analyis

The variance of the temporal anomalies provides an additional measure about the stability of the signal AFTER removal of the mean seasonal cylce.