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Table 1 Predictor variables extracted from forest disturbance patches and used in the random forest model

From: Forest disturbances and the attribution derived from yearly Landsat time series over 1990–2020 in the Hengduan Mountains Region of Southwest China

Metric group

Variables

Specific indices

Pre-disturbance spectral condition

Average spectral value (preval_Mean)

NBR, TCW, TCA

Standard deviation of spectral value (preval_Std)

NBR, TCW, TCA

Post-disturbance spectral condition

Average spectral value (postval_Mean)

NBR, TCW, TCA

Standard deviation of spectral value (postval_Std)

NBR, TCW, TCA

Disturbance

Average (mag_Mean) and standard deviation (mag_Std) of disturbance magnitude

NBR, TCW, TCA

Average (rate_Mean) and standard deviation (rate_Std) of disturbance rate

NBR, TCW, TCA

Topography

Elevation average (Elevation_Mean)

Altitude

Slope average (Slope_Mean)

Slope

Aspect average (Aspect_Mean)

Aspect