HADA_EL-SHAM

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 39.7289 / 21.802

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]:	none in region
Distance to urban areas [km]:	16.21

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	10: cropland, rainfed
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	43.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	50.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	70.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	81.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	67.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.000184231096908
Rcv	0.465101296452
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0149927659213
Rsv	16283.4157865

Height range @ 1km [m]	9
Height range @ 2km [m]	52
Height range @ 5km [m]	208
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	1749
Variance slope @ 2 km	1641
Variance slope @ 5 km	1249
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	3.56596842347
Rcv	0.04915353205
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.22033512458
Rsv	0.571797536556

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.06

Variance slope @ 1 km	2.64267481367e-05
Variance slope @ 2 km	3.6007907262e-05
Variance slope @ 5 km	3.40804056776e-05
Variance slope @ 10 km	2.26744560754e-05
Variance slope @ 20 km	1.12513754823e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.54459509309
Rcv	-0.0321323074127
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.174327563759
Rsv	0.33460759176

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.03

NDVI slope @ 1 km	8.62040743625e-06
NDVI slope @ 2 km	1.23419068221e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	1.18280071931e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	8.33394394752e-06
NDVI slope @ 20 km	4.07424511356e-06

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.00906741960289
Ordinary least square:	0.00763040206295

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	0.5 %
Ordinary least square:	0.3 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.00746179319036
Ordinary least square:	0.00598293735733

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	0.4 %
Ordinary least square:	0.3 %

+057/+063 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.0223538100216
Ordinary least square:	0.0191791519707

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	1.4 %
Ordinary least square:	0.9 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.0243422149126
Ordinary least square:	0.022946185364

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	1.8 %
Ordinary least square:	1.5 %

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.