QUARZAZATE

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -6.909 / 30.939

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

Legend

Distance to open water bodies [km]:	4.41
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.16

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:	2
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	84.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	200: bare areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	40.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	53.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	150: Sparse vegetation (tree, shrub, herbaceous cover) (<15%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	67.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.40445881882
Rcv	0.341128091153
Rse	0.0
Rst	-9.16917081598e-06
Rsv	-0.906544744674

Height range @ 1km [m]	24
Height range @ 2km [m]	33
Height range @ 5km [m]	55
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	100
Variance slope @ 2 km	89
Variance slope @ 5 km	62
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.32188737526e-07
Rcv	0.556602970397
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.249660454631
Rsv	12920522.523

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.0
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.16
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.12
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.06

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000116375842979
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000130687646203
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000116753339512
Variance slope @ 10 km	7.17498818331e-05
Variance slope @ 20 km	2.79163517002e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	4.18788629519e-07
Rcv	0.456155269712
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.198233970412
Rsv	7163517.61841

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.0
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.04

NDVI slope @ 1 km	4.67251562685e-05
NDVI slope @ 2 km	5.28044061496e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	4.93286181445e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	3.22836187962e-05
NDVI slope @ 20 km	1.59155907096e-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.