MURZUQ_DESERT

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 12.5 / 24.75

Source network: ALBEDOVAL1

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

Legend

Distance to open water bodies [km]:	none in region
Distance to urban areas [km]:	none in region

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	6.5130952342
Rcv	-0.00454913519676
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0967155688196
Rsv	0.359345787943

Height range @ 1km [m]	75
Height range @ 2km [m]	74
Height range @ 5km [m]	63
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	311
Variance slope @ 2 km	196
Variance slope @ 5 km	64
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	nan
Rcv	nan
Rse	nan
Rst	nan
Rsv	nan

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

Variance slope @ 1 km	8.14162806442e-07
Variance slope @ 2 km	8.99682906754e-07
Variance slope @ 5 km	6.85580832427e-07
Variance slope @ 10 km	4.67603971045e-07
Variance slope @ 20 km	3.29740838957e-07

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	nan
Rcv	nan
Rse	nan
Rst	nan
Rsv	nan

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

NDVI slope @ 1 km	2.98277211633e-06
NDVI slope @ 2 km	1.75863444455e-06
NDVI slope @ 5 km	6.48770225006e-07
NDVI slope @ 10 km	4.5727008547e-07
NDVI slope @ 20 km	4.35950997824e-07

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00197853602785
Ordinary least square:	-0.00798190077537

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	7.7 %
Ordinary least square:	3.3 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00539617336799
Ordinary least square:	-0.00644205981314

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	2.9 %
Ordinary least square:	2.5 %

+057/+063 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.0212833582798
Ordinary least square:	0.0247140862819

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	1.3 %
Ordinary least square:	1.0 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.004109372764
Ordinary least square:	0.00613449681875

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

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

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.

+000 deg

+057/+063 deg

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