OUARZAZATE

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -6.9129 / 30.9284

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]:	4.53
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.1

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	100.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	95.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	38.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	54.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	69.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.240681882
Rcv	0.41228125291
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0822343259318
Rsv	-0.0779290128255

Height range @ 1km [m]	20
Height range @ 2km [m]	40
Height range @ 5km [m]	58
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	175
Variance slope @ 2 km	148
Variance slope @ 5 km	106
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.32809452968e-07
Rcv	-0.0142449872512
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.212958027714
Rsv	12886074.465

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.18
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.12
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.06

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000116470806086
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000130741388791
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000116900485934
Variance slope @ 10 km	7.23269447458e-05
Variance slope @ 20 km	2.96966376491e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.59782086458e-06
Rcv	-0.0160476823318
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.453815787978
Rsv	1877556.68721

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.06
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.04

NDVI slope @ 1 km	4.66225310992e-05
NDVI slope @ 2 km	5.26781241001e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	4.91574872942e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	3.21655076751e-05
NDVI slope @ 20 km	1.63727669568e-05

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00772181596496
Ordinary least square:	-0.00255786425135

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	2.4 %
Ordinary least square:	6.2 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00960199459121
Ordinary least square:	-0.00501585539818

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	2.5 %
Ordinary least square:	3.2 %

+057/+063 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-99999.0
Ordinary least square:	-99999.0

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	-99999.0 %
Ordinary least square:	-99999.0 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-99999.0
Ordinary least square:	-99999.0

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	-99999.0 %
Ordinary least square:	-99999.0 %

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.