NIABRARA

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -100.02 / 42.7648

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]:	7.4
Distance to urban areas [km]:	26.43

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

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	93.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	89.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	85.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.28204682753e-05
Rcv	0.182469248525
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0211273384278
Rsv	56795.9608063

Height range @ 1km [m]	19
Height range @ 2km [m]	45
Height range @ 5km [m]	110
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	336
Variance slope @ 2 km	359
Variance slope @ 5 km	233
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.0724088676633
Rcv	0.374165012574
Rse	0.0
Rst	6.68224253307e-09
Rsv	41.0572244889

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.22

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000423069259401
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000511197629607
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000474370620718
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000301731020646
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000208454509595

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.30351053322
Rcv	0.493814623907
Rse	0.0
Rst	2.30754311599e-08
Rsv	9.39052105686

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.16
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.13

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000188163383567
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000242221654532
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000275135472544
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000180010248872
NDVI slope @ 20 km	7.5904295261e-05

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:	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 %

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.