BOULDER

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -105.25 / 40.017

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]:	3.37
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.17

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	77.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	37.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	40.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	7.99099558168e-10
Rcv	2.80007364971
Rse	0.0
Rst	1.46323375638e-09
Rsv	3754225574.4

Height range @ 1km [m]	16
Height range @ 2km [m]	43
Height range @ 5km [m]	249
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	2411
Variance slope @ 2 km	2778
Variance slope @ 5 km	2660
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	4.96357046862
Rcv	-0.0760746228637
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0254625265818
Rsv	0.502866478742

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.13
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.18
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.19
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.2

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000429785363395
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.00048513814588
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.00048058012195
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000261469681646
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000119606888616

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	nan
Rcv	nan
Rse	nan
Rst	nan
Rsv	nan

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.06
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.23
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.23

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000293565198925
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000319098120587
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000390267694463
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000364338626224
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.000370558351407

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.