GERLITZEN

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 13.9067 / 46.6783

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]:	1.77
Distance to urban areas [km]:	1.82

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	70: Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	87.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	8
Dominant landcover type:	70: Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	68.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	8
Dominant landcover type:	70: Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	50.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	9
Dominant landcover type:	70: Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	45.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	9
Dominant landcover type:	70: Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	45.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	10.4974164504
Rcv	-0.0146840359386
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0239822759459
Rsv	-0.247118291801

Height range @ 1km [m]	1093
Height range @ 2km [m]	1261
Height range @ 5km [m]	1169
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	34531
Variance slope @ 2 km	41292
Variance slope @ 5 km	41612
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	11.8773049387
Rcv	0.03010435673
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0216959811406
Rsv	-0.200782214778

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.12
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.12

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000239104982181
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000303562242036
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000270504786539
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000128453990361
Variance slope @ 20 km	5.3039904693e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.31210967641
Rcv	0.105811086213
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0689242760963
Rsv	0.390012013544

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.15
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.18
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.24
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.21
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.23

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000745846014476
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000877946050964
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000695873685019
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.00030668746199
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.000158333734692

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.00246759924286
Ordinary least square:	-0.0131113674071

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	0.0 %
Ordinary least square:	3.9 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00170474957214
Ordinary least square:	-0.017099598874

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	8.4 %
Ordinary least square:	3.7 %

+057/+063 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00679006355426
Ordinary least square:	-0.0473293899183

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	4.1 %
Ordinary least square:	4.4 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00549981632212
Ordinary least square:	-0.0588031424833

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	4.5 %
Ordinary least square:	4.5 %

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.