ST_LOUIS_UNIVERSITY

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -90.2316 / 38.6363

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]:	4.39
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.13

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

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	96.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	89.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	72.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	0.986853806628
Rcv	0.563383030591
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.188619127271
Rsv	2.28796179612

Height range @ 1km [m]	29
Height range @ 2km [m]	29
Height range @ 5km [m]	43
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	68
Variance slope @ 2 km	56
Variance slope @ 5 km	37
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.41789571314
Rcv	0.0504126971245
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.188531030385
Rsv	1.00180457429

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.09
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.17
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.25
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.29
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.33

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000823530331045
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000882218894031
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000910480965926
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.00092556321526
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000690166012061

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.75008462368
Rcv	0.469083996728
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.245119260328
Rsv	-0.999999564574

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.16

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000225357330888
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000239052467507
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.00023620277439
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000206746884553
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.000151216735593

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.