DRAGON_WEST_HOUSTON

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -95.6569 / 29.8331

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]:	5.98
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.12

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	53.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	56.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	53.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	7
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	65.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	61.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.82314013853
Rcv	0.137472116996
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.279466061634
Rsv	-0.0982477740738

Height range @ 1km [m]	8
Height range @ 2km [m]	9
Height range @ 5km [m]	11
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	5
Variance slope @ 2 km	3
Variance slope @ 5 km	1
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	9.66972445656e-07
Rcv	0.202865046769
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.159540829385
Rsv	3102466.53153

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.09
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.15
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.25
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.29
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.24

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000718110968056
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000795608847675
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000828374993412
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000553099775253
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000184074971508

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	3.80907598574
Rcv	0.143933005649
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.162631984767
Rsv	0.48102759404

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.15
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.18
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.16

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000383153536415
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000417981318698
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000383206392915
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000192044377111
NDVI slope @ 20 km	6.27877166441e-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.