BEN_SALEM

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 9.914 / 35.5506

Source network: AERONET

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]:	15.09
Distance to urban areas [km]:	13.45

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	68.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	59.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	61.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	48.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	55.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.00155775006114
Rcv	1.06000362771
Rse	0.0
Rst	1.60513359828e-05
Rsv	1924.79450272

Height range @ 1km [m]	8
Height range @ 2km [m]	13
Height range @ 5km [m]	36
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	20
Variance slope @ 2 km	30
Variance slope @ 5 km	38
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.81334470563
Rcv	0.784120694779
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0824713275682
Rsv	0.199754378077

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.19
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.19

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.00038332753401
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.00041404016972
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000423909680855
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000308087091774
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000135919535425

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.79925918334
Rcv	0.609168036374
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0581851200626
Rsv	-0.999999734008

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.08

NDVI slope @ 1 km	7.96277029606e-05
NDVI slope @ 2 km	8.63767831043e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	8.33993225212e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	4.54956563143e-05
NDVI slope @ 20 km	2.38511824032e-05

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.0137100860102
Ordinary least square:	-0.0148687799124

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	2.4 %
Ordinary least square:	2.6 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.0128381700499
Ordinary least square:	-0.0151509354929

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	2.4 %
Ordinary least square:	2.5 %

+057/+063 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00258563769873
Ordinary least square:	-0.0130934916623

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	6.0 %
Ordinary least square:	3.5 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.0108910617604
Ordinary least square:	-0.00560349721826

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	0.0 %
Ordinary least square:	4.4 %

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.