KATHMANDU_UNIV

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 85.5383 / 27.6011

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]:	37.14
Distance to urban areas [km]:	3.74

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	60: Tree cover, broadleaved, decidous
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	34.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	7
Dominant landcover type:	40: mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	34.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	8
Dominant landcover type:	40: mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	31.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	8
Dominant landcover type:	40: mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	29.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	9
Dominant landcover type:	40: mosaic natural vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (>50%) / cropland (<50%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	23.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.58608142404
Rcv	0.711442984965
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0485791147612
Rsv	0.400034181609

Height range @ 1km [m]	220
Height range @ 2km [m]	206
Height range @ 5km [m]	452
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	7038
Variance slope @ 2 km	7376
Variance slope @ 5 km	3721
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.8631936684e-10
Rcv	0.212574008706
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.342525750845
Rsv	10477810261.2

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.13

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000140513517581
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000191578255962
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000181312672988
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000121427434232
Variance slope @ 20 km	7.55578640099e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.62564339757
Rcv	0.216750799038
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.628673036603
Rsv	-0.999999339257

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.06
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.09
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.12
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.21

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000237441967752
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000314383954861
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000311725507295
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000247135996934
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.00019623865283

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:	-0.00927032245917
Ordinary least square:	-0.0377314123313

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	3.7 %
Ordinary least square:	4.5 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00434165793494
Ordinary least square:	-0.0248233428604

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

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

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.