STERLING

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -77.4667 / 38.9833

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]:	0.59
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.39

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	36.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	8
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	51.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	6
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	64.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	7
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	64.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	8
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	43.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.98738912945
Rcv	0.381482530558
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.000572449516019
Rsv	1.12746318904

Height range @ 1km [m]	16
Height range @ 2km [m]	20
Height range @ 5km [m]	32
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	41
Variance slope @ 2 km	35
Variance slope @ 5 km	31
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.6559567907e-07
Rcv	0.427342926975
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.114784806115
Rsv	18116414.1907

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.06
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.21
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.21
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.22

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000457458736196
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000501513788476
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000547619496794
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000480350633821
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000357170343582

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.526744253532
Rcv	0.593612188773
Rse	0.0
Rst	8.54804224524e-10
Rsv	5.1017513191

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.13
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.11

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000195469884845
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000208198328362
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000186970395366
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000108246717793
NDVI slope @ 20 km	4.90953962463e-05

Temporal stability analysis

+000 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 %

+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.