DRAGON_AURORA_EAST

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -104.5691 / 39.6385

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]:	7.65
Distance to urban areas [km]:	10.37

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	94.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	84.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	19.3658744206
Rcv	0.0664035118346
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0247593681382
Rsv	-0.0637487927383

Height range @ 1km [m]	39
Height range @ 2km [m]	71
Height range @ 5km [m]	83
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	157
Variance slope @ 2 km	190
Variance slope @ 5 km	173
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 [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.09

Variance slope @ 1 km	9.25793631914e-05
Variance slope @ 2 km	9.09354719177e-05
Variance slope @ 5 km	7.65656541377e-05
Variance slope @ 10 km	4.51577869238e-05
Variance slope @ 20 km	3.17613938456e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	7.21178629417
Rcv	0.233315634402
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0159510466776
Rsv	0.166719023104

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.05

NDVI slope @ 1 km	2.78250944886e-05
NDVI slope @ 2 km	2.99364775031e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	3.1731317815e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	2.40444492844e-05
NDVI slope @ 20 km	1.6046409006e-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.