CENTRAL_ARIZONA_-_PHOENIX_LTER_CAP

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -111.93 / 33.43

Source network: LTER

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

Legend

Distance to open water bodies [km]:	0.28
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.12

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	90.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	94.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	92.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	89.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	76.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.53308181694
Rcv	0.379419819176
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0125553604628
Rsv	0.792352930074

Height range @ 1km [m]	24
Height range @ 2km [m]	24
Height range @ 5km [m]	39
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	30
Variance slope @ 2 km	30
Variance slope @ 5 km	35
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.81754843603
Rcv	0.0662293221312
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.552572983265
Rsv	-0.445953125826

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.27
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.22

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000508351798805
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000544259180699
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000544803022279
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000388009611208
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000187959025667

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	3.77918142573
Rcv	0.0798845424835
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.552645612341
Rsv	0.161292544338

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.17
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.15

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000291177740749
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000311646175453
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000285890842873
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000181632720192
NDVI slope @ 20 km	8.36057335663e-05

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.