Table 3.

Mean ranks of the top ten variables from all the 100 bootstrap models in Models 1, 2, and 3.

	Top Ten Variables in Model 1	Top Ten Variables in Model 2	Top Ten Variables in Model 3
1	Maximum nLST	Minimum nLST	Phase of tri-annual cycle of nLST
2	Maximum dLST	Phase of tri-annual cycle nLST	Variance of nLST
3	amplitude of biannual dLST	Variance nLST	Amplitude of biannual cycle of nLST
4	Amplitude of biannual nLST	Minimum dLST	Minimum nLST
5	Mean of Dlst	Phase of tri-annual cycle of dLST	Maximum dLST
6	Amplitude of tri-annual nLST	Mean MIR	Minimum dLST
7	Phase of biannual cycle of dLST	Phase of tri-annual cycle of MIR	Phase of tri-annual cycle of dLST
8	Phase of annual cycle of NDVI	Mean nLST	Variance of dLST
9	Phase of biannual cycle of nLST	Phase of biannual cycle of nLST	Mean of dLST
10	Minimum nLST	Maximum dLST	Phase of tri-annual cycle of NDVI