CALTECH

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -118.1262 / 34.1367

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]:	10.85
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.09

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

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	91.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	70.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.03166157014
Rcv	0.727201053366
Rse	0.0
Rst	-6.40111603516e-07
Rsv	-0.749422191172

Height range @ 1km [m]	25
Height range @ 2km [m]	68
Height range @ 5km [m]	182
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	317
Variance slope @ 2 km	385
Variance slope @ 5 km	642
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

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

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.16
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.26
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.21
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.33
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.5

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000963256421684
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.00112496669093
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.00134576110931
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.00118810838718
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.00118353316094

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

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

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.17
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.26
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.2
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.27
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.45

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000658139951549
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000753146163774
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000883552026823
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000861403477615
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.000924174133077

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.