GEORGIA_TECH

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -84.3995 / 33.7802

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]:	1.84
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.14

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:	2
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	99.0

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:	1
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	99.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	93.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.43978784382
Rcv	0.245763463356
Rse	0.0
Rst	-1.24880014562e-06
Rsv	-0.983850398683

Height range @ 1km [m]	28
Height range @ 2km [m]	39
Height range @ 5km [m]	65
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	131
Variance slope @ 2 km	87
Variance slope @ 5 km	66
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	10.9536193924
Rcv	0.0448161348045
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0497600597397
Rsv	-0.17930587973

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.19
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.32
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.28
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.25

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000831237893155
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000895754255925
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000939864322653
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000617217855955
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000234951050706

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	12.7816714905
Rcv	0.121084556754
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0626758234652
Rsv	-0.0509507060602

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.21
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.23
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.18

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000449269544224
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000477066982277
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000495664463837
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000343329548399
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.000135236238371

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.