LANGTANG

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 85.4925 / 28.0122

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]:	12.18
Distance to urban areas [km]:	26.98

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 [%]:	81.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	70: Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	80.0

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 [%]:	56.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	8
Dominant landcover type:	70: Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	42.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	11
Dominant landcover type:	70: Tree cover, needleleaved, evergreen, closed to open (>15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	38.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.96460171822
Rcv	0.645310253033
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0429779007957
Rsv	0.838738913374

Height range @ 1km [m]	510
Height range @ 2km [m]	900
Height range @ 5km [m]	1958
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	68917
Variance slope @ 2 km	86469
Variance slope @ 5 km	92396
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.563670454942
Rcv	0.0814561081614
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.663942888638
Rsv	4.5768597338

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.09
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.16
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.43
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.54

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000759107412162
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.00113485241479
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.00149449775704
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.0016614350453
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.00157375123284

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.98439045511
Rcv	0.194704181586
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.163646537119
Rsv	1.15344853042

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.3
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.39
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.46

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000574194332076
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000879209845473
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.00118965849983
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.0013464597444
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.00137514976798

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:	0.0321181750254
Ordinary least square:	0.00989701182944

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	1.4 %
Ordinary least square:	4.8 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.0158620073251
Ordinary least square:	0.0132639289987

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	0.0 %
Ordinary least square:	4.6 %

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.