USDA

Location

lon / lat [deg]: -76.88 / 39.03

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]:	3.35
Distance to urban areas [km]:	0.82

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	73.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	7
Dominant landcover type:	130: grassland
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	57.0

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:	6
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	73.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	190: urban areas
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	70.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	4.44984814819
Rcv	-0.00477392390576
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.0820420509668
Rsv	0.587364334228

Height range @ 1km [m]	34
Height range @ 2km [m]	39
Height range @ 5km [m]	46
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	79
Variance slope @ 2 km	64
Variance slope @ 5 km	44
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	6.16015345818
Rcv	0.120122355651
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.068595031723
Rsv	0.298283467453

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.12
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.16
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.19
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.21

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000511748532435
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000533207814007
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000515393848668
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000382156674791
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000245296083786

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	5.62388257312e-07
Rcv	0.387043306922
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.179564974918
Rsv	5334392.46347

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.05
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.11
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.13

NDVI slope @ 1 km	0.000164056503307
NDVI slope @ 2 km	0.000169948767096
NDVI slope @ 5 km	0.000161711228218
NDVI slope @ 10 km	0.000123839032356
NDVI slope @ 20 km	9.09078386584e-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.