| Acronym | Metric Name | Units | Description |
| Total Land Area | Patch area | ha | Total land/wetland-area minus sea-occupied area. |
| Np | Number of patches | None | The number of patches of the corresponding land-cover within a sampling cell; reflecting landscape pattern. |
| Pd | Patch density | #/100 ha | Number of patches per unit area of a specific land-cover type; it increases with landscape heterogeneity. |