KATHMANDU-BODE

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 85.39 / 27.68

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]:	24.24
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.56

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	40: mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	36.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	40: mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	40.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	7
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	35.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	8
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	28.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	10
Dominant landcover type:	40: mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	22.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	4.10798076425e-05
Rcv	1.02194747236
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0494420466656
Rsv	73027.5081528

Height range @ 1km [m]	35
Height range @ 2km [m]	44
Height range @ 5km [m]	96
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	833
Variance slope @ 2 km	658
Variance slope @ 5 km	542
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.79511547077
Rcv	0.597496800198
Rse	0.0
Rst	-2.6881268257e-07
Rsv	-0.47580384874

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.24
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.31
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.21

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000279468915922
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000421735608095
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000545832791577
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000548556471919
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000217433998969

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.939904840112
Rcv	1.63134202757
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.560470638256
Rsv	-0.999999815578

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.17
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.27
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.26

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000368316869401
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000517797293089
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000629435697388
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000655874714714
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.000375512681589

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:	-0.00203668665017
Ordinary least square:	-0.0275994239217

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	6.7 %
Ordinary least square:	4.3 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.00146722451639
Ordinary least square:	-0.0197673247136

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	10.4 %
Ordinary least square:	4.3 %

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.