ZAMBEZI

Location

lon / lat [deg]: 23.1072 / -13.5332

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]:	1.22
Distance to urban areas [km]:	43.19

Radius: 1 km

Number of landcover classes:	3
Dominant landcover type:	10: cropland, rainfed
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	62.0

Radius: 2 km

Number of landcover classes:	5
Dominant landcover type:	10: cropland, rainfed
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	64.0

Radius: 5 km

Number of landcover classes:	7
Dominant landcover type:	10: cropland, rainfed
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	34.0

Radius: 10 km

Number of landcover classes:	10
Dominant landcover type:	62: Tree cover, broadleaved, decidous (open 15-40%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	35.0

Radius: 20 km

Number of landcover classes:	9
Dominant landcover type:	62: Tree cover, broadleaved, decidous (open 15-40%)
Fraction of dominant landcover type [%]:	30.0

Disturbances

Heterogeneity analysis

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

Topography

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.78344913563
Rcv	0.0683612936347
Rse	0.0
Rst	0.00943820101767
Rsv	-0.999999974213

Height range @ 1km [m]	12
Height range @ 2km [m]	43
Height range @ 5km [m]	47
Height range @ 10km [m]	-999
Height range @ 20km [m]	-999

Variance slope @ 1 km	68
Variance slope @ 2 km	69
Variance slope @ 5 km	61
Variance slope @ 10 km	-999
Variance slope @ 20 km	-999

NDVI (max. NDVI composite)

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	2.15554714446
Rcv	0.470473544626
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.224490431918
Rsv	0.69679403149

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.02
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.15
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.22
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.26

Variance slope @ 1 km	0.000263576448714
Variance slope @ 2 km	0.000362822578663
Variance slope @ 5 km	0.000429768764958
Variance slope @ 10 km	0.000383187567689
Variance slope @ 20 km	0.000423829089926

NDVI (min. NDVI composite)I

Roman et al. (2009) index
St	1.83713598696
Rcv	0.401732173155
Rse	0.0
Rst	-0.231244591354
Rsv	-0.999999793183

NDVI range @ 1km [-]	0.01
NDVI range @ 2km [-]	0.03
NDVI range @ 5km [-]	0.07
NDVI range @ 10km [-]	0.09
NDVI range @ 20km [-]	0.11

NDVI slope @ 1 km	7.40177659082e-05
NDVI slope @ 2 km	9.70895418336e-05
NDVI slope @ 5 km	9.98378945048e-05
NDVI slope @ 10 km	7.6379930549e-05
NDVI slope @ 20 km	6.14124801309e-05

Temporal stability analysis

+000 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.00844386103762
Ordinary least square:	-0.00421999841312

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	2.4 %
Ordinary least square:	4.5 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	-0.0106531383174
Ordinary least square:	-0.0077798473509

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	2.1 %
Ordinary least square:	3.3 %

+057/+063 deg (BHR)

BHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.00481382060435
Ordinary least square:	-0.0125076742201

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	0.0 %
Ordinary least square:	4.5 %

DHR statistics

Temporal stability [1/decade]:

		abs	rel
Weighted least square:	0.015062795945
Ordinary least square:	-0.00289418584922

Probabilities that GCOS criteria is met:

Weighted least square:	0.3 %
Ordinary least square:	5.1 %

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.