USDA-HOWARD

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -76.8775 / 39.0542

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]:	1.02
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.32

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	62.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	4
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	66.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	6
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	62.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	7
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	66.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	69.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	6.32817406108e-07
Rcv	0.470523345562
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.00844074613159
Rsv	4740703.50775

Height range @ 1km [m]	33
Height range @ 2km [m]	38
Height range @ 5km [m]	64
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	82
Variance slope @ 2 km	78
Variance slope @ 5 km	82
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	3.02839904552e-07
Rcv	0.210349483104
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.128494284606
Rsv	9906223.89023

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.14
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.18
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.2
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.21

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000463275381186
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.00048030388391
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000446538373066
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.00032737307596
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000211606854952

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.11281564898e-05
Rcv	0.0817434761281
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.120894820562
Rsv	269586.229107

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.09
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.12

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000158405371471
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.00016364389696
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000148704768185
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000111368588916
NDVI slope @ 20 km	7.46998735028e-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.