BIRDSVILLE

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 139.346 / -25.8989

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]:	6.82
Distance to urban areas [km]:	none in region

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	83.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	61.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	61.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	68.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	79.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	4.39988353552
Rcv	0.0307472496295
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0968509987129
Rsv	-0.554237981135

Height range @ 1km [m]	14
Height range @ 2km [m]	17
Height range @ 5km [m]	16
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	8
Variance slope @ 2 km	6
Variance slope @ 5 km	5
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	23.7964143363
Rcv	-0.0373973192839
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.033762288968
Rsv	0.0549098052993

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.12
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.13
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.13
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.12

Variance slope @ 1 km	9.30147967971e-05
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000131999535446
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000128118590085
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000106587034074
Variance slope @ 20 km	6.90943957547e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.05400977689
Rcv	0.115300559446
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.218100955806
Rsv	0.260186572709

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.03

NDVI slope @ 1 km	1.11120243217e-05
NDVI slope @ 2 km	1.51590899174e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	1.28371064929e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	7.54618934458e-06
NDVI slope @ 20 km	4.41859596436e-06

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	None
Ordinary least square:	None

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	None %
Ordinary least square:	None %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	None
Ordinary least square:	None

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	None %
Ordinary least square:	None %

+057/+063 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	None
Ordinary least square:	None

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	None %
Ordinary least square:	None %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	None
Ordinary least square:	None

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	None %
Ordinary least square:	None %

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.