INNER_MONGOLIA

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 115.9537 / 42.6832

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]:	7.71
Distance to urban areas [km]:	47.16

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	58.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	37.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	20: cropland, irrigated or post-flooded
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	42.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	6
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	35.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.5602839845
Rcv	0.57576262718
Rse	0.0
Rst	-7.608212864e-09
Rsv	-0.595982381844

Height range @ 1km [m]	9
Height range @ 2km [m]	13
Height range @ 5km [m]	28
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	16
Variance slope @ 2 km	14
Variance slope @ 5 km	16
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	12.167738179
Rcv	0.134233715703
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0198574252212
Rsv	0.0924624876846

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.13
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.17

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000380028600955
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000443810452847
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000371175204817
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000213777797589
Variance slope @ 20 km	9.38707116724e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.93035697441e-06
Rcv	0.603288241651
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.188624479243
Rsv	1023765.26328

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.0
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.03

NDVI slope @ 1 km	2.34603650774e-05
NDVI slope @ 2 km	2.56726965783e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	1.7028351007e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	7.90345062536e-06
NDVI slope @ 20 km	3.82978332859e-06

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:	-0.000558273401982
Ordinary least square:	0.0139320397263

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	5.3 %
Ordinary least square:	4.9 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.0107569538216
Ordinary least square:	0.0018081513156

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	4.2 %
Ordinary least square:	5.0 %

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.