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. 2024 Feb 13;14:3266. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-51921-y

Table 3.

Model summaries from hierarchical models estimating effects of tree canopy cover on maximum and minimum air temperature anomalies (°C) during summer 2022, using field-collected and remote-sensed assessments of canopy cover, with cloud cover data from nearby weather stations, and including an interaction term. Models also included intercept-only random effects of date and location (utility pole number).

Predictor Field-based canopy cover (%) Remote-sensed canopy cover (%)
Estimate 95%CI p Estimates 95%CI p
Maximum air temperature (°C)
 Intercept 0.719 0.562 to 0.876  < 0.001 0.683 0.532 to 0.833  < 0.001
 Canopy cover − 0.006 − 0.009 to − 0.003  < 0.001 − 0.010 − 0.015 to − 0.005  < 0.001
 Cloud cover 0.002 − 0.001 to 0.004 0.13 0.002 − 0.000 to 0.005 0.093
 Canopy × cloud  < 0.001 − 0.000 to 0.000 0.333  < 0.001 − 0.000 to 0.000 0.818
 Random effects
  σ2 0.35 0.35
  τ00 Date 0.16 0.16
  τ00 Pole_No 0.06 0.06
  ICC 0.39 0.38
  NDate 92 92
  NPole_No 50 50
 Observations 3506 3506
 Marginal R2/conditional R2 0.036/0.408 0.047/0.411
Minimum air temperature (°C)
 Intercept 1.638 1.430 to 1.847  < 0.001 1.573 1.371 to 1.775  < 0.001
 Canopy cover − 0.009 − 0.013 to − 0.004  < 0.001 − 0.012 − 0.020 to − 0.004 0.002
 Cloud cover − 0.011 − 0.014 to − 0.007  < 0.001 − 0.01 − 0.013 to − 0.007  < 0.001
 Canopy × cloud  < 0.001 0.000 to 0.000  < 0.001  < 0.001 0.000 to 0.000  < 0.001
 Random effects
  σ2 0.17 0.17
  τ00 Date 0.27 0.27
  τ00 Pole_No 0.14 0.15
  ICC 0.7 0.7
  NDate 9 92
  NPole_No 50 50
 Observations 3506 3506
 Marginal R2/conditional R2 0.177/0.756 0.170/0.755

p-values < 0.05 are in bold.