Effects of scale on modelling the urban heat island in Turku, SW Finland

Climate Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-118

  Suomi, Juuso ^a   Hjort, Jan ^b   Käyhkö, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Circle of influence; Explanatory variable; Hierarchical partitioning; Multicollinearity; Multiple linear regression; Scale; Spatial modelling; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; HIERARCHICAL PARTITIONING; MULTICOLLINEARITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; SCALE; SPATIAL MODELLING; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

LINEAR REGRESSION; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT ISLAND; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FINLAND; TURKU; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84871731991     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01123     Document Type: Article

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