DRAGON_BELTSVILLE

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -76.8775 / 39.0541

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]:	1.03
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.33

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	63.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	66.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	6
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	62.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	7
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	66.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	69.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.00200508621881
Rcv	0.469502828588
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.00826725572708
Rsv	1495.71724231

Height range @ 1km [m]	33
Height range @ 2km [m]	38
Height range @ 5km [m]	64
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	82
Variance slope @ 2 km	78
Variance slope @ 5 km	82
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	3.02839904552e-07
Rcv	0.210349483104
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.128494284606
Rsv	9906223.89023

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.18
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.2
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.21

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000463548845203
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000480532747285
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000446175138777
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000327436378465
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000211767844538

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.11281564898e-05
Rcv	0.0817434761281
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.120894820562
Rsv	269586.229107

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.09
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.12

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000158334411354
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000163585037192
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000148347995459
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000111292833102
NDVI slope @ 20 km	7.4803338622e-05

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-99999.0
Ordinary least square:	-99999.0

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	-99999.0 %
Ordinary least square:	-99999.0 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-99999.0
Ordinary least square:	-99999.0

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	-99999.0 %
Ordinary least square:	-99999.0 %

+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.