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.

+000 deg


+057/+063 deg