RAILROAD_VALLEY

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -115.962 / 38.504

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]:	3.09
Distance to urban areas [km]:	6.35

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	120: Shrubland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	72.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	120: Shrubland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	86.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	120: Shrubland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	94.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	1
Dominant landcover type:	120: Shrubland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	98.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	120: Shrubland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	96.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.99607817183
Rcv	0.291991383653
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0371363186056
Rsv	-0.171199330517

Height range @ 1km [m]	92
Height range @ 2km [m]	139
Height range @ 5km [m]	222
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	964
Variance slope @ 2 km	1085
Variance slope @ 5 km	1195
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.29233763761
Rcv	0.421657215216
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.0131946691187
Rsv	0.132005373351

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.08

Variance slope @ 1 km	4.93126746229e-05
Variance slope @ 2 km	5.16712838124e-05
Variance slope @ 5 km	5.2406793846e-05
Variance slope @ 10 km	3.81788293913e-05
Variance slope @ 20 km	2.83594382341e-05

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	9.48752115328
Rcv	-0.0578349117062
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0158057261692
Rsv	0.242564190713

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.05

NDVI slope @ 1 km	2.62768063779e-05
NDVI slope @ 2 km	2.75914045484e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	2.73752954471e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	1.88732459906e-05
NDVI slope @ 20 km	1.5587539818e-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.