USDA-BARC

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -76.9322 / 39.0313

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]:	4.77
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.08

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	76.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	93.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	2
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	87.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	84.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	6
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	2.8772415437
Rcv	0.327197302793
Rse	0.0
Rst	2.32786001574e-06
Rsv	0.71546569808

Height range @ 1km [m]	38
Height range @ 2km [m]	44
Height range @ 5km [m]	87
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	107
Variance slope @ 2 km	109
Variance slope @ 5 km	137
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	7.1995098126
Rcv	0.193049217909
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0791235771937
Rsv	0.144522240822

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.08
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.13
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.16
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.24

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000551050424938
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000573305242275
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000563757740507
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000432770673868
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.00028498421803

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	nan
Rcv	nan
Rse	nan
Rst	nan
Rsv	nan

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.04
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.1
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.14

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000183510013456
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000186754387075
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.00017301944514
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000140488597768
NDVI slope @ 20 km	0.00010579038092

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.