Table 1 Variable importance for each explanatory variable in the model.
From: An enhanced national-scale urban tree canopy cover dataset for the United States
Variable | Importance with Building Data | Importance without Building Data |
|---|---|---|
NLCDa Tree Canopy Cover (TCC) | 0.38 | 0.40 |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | 0.16 | 0.18 |
NLCD TCC Standard Error | 0.09 | 0.09 |
NLCD Impervious | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Surface Temperature | 0.08 | 0.10 |
NLCD Land Cover | 0.06 | 0.06 |
Median Year Built | 0.04 | 0.04 |
Total Building Footprint Coverage | 0.02 | — |
Average Area of Buildings Intersecting Each Cell | 0.02 | — |
Average January Low Temperature | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Average Annual Precipitation | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Number of Unique Buildings Intersecting Each Cell | 0.01 | — |
EPAb Level II Ecoregion | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Average August High Temperature | 0.01 | 0.01 |
