Year

Level I of VFC (%)

Level II of VFC

(%)

Level III of VFC

(%)

Level IV of VFC

(%)

Moran’s I Index

RMS Error

Mean of Vegetation Fractional Cover (VFC)

Mean of DMSP/OLS

Light Index

2000

3.42

15.74

72.78

8.05

0.29

0.118

0.771

13.925

6.55

2001

3.77

19

73.32

3.89

0.38

0.109

0.751

13.652

6.57

2002

3.05

11.65

77.25

8.02

0.34

0.112

0.785

14.234

7.13

2003

2.76

9.78

73.84

13.61

0.37

0.111

0.802

12.047

6.2

2004

3.31

10.04

75.71

10.92

0.36

0.117

0.794

14.002

7.7

2005

4.04

13.26

75.86

6.82

0.36

0.119

0.772

13.002

6.23

2006

4.27

10.81

75.85

9.05

0.38

0.125

0.786

14.163

7.15

2007

3.39

9.87

76.68

10.04

0.32

0.118

0.791

14.871

8.26

2008

3.93

11.55

79.42

5.08

0.36

0.119

0.775

16.497

8.28

2009

2.37

7.79

68.38

21.44

0.33

0.112

0.823

17.864

7.64

2010

4.39

12.45

75.84

7.3

0.4

0.120

0.776

18.595

9.88