TABLE 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients (r) for the CONUS and each region between the LU change and the change in summer-averaged T_mean (with each taken as mosLU minus domLU), organized by ranking the NLCD categories in the CONUS according to the strongest correlation or anticorrelation. Urban categories appear in italics.

	NLCD Categories	r		NLCD Categories	r
CONUS	Developed Open Space (23) Developed Low Intensity (24) Shrub/Scrub (32) Developed High Intensity (26) Cultivated Crops (38)	0.51 0.34 0.31 −0.27 −0.25	South	Shrub/Scrub (32) Developed Low Intensity (24) Developed Open Space (23) Developed High Intensity (26) Evergreen Forest (29)	0.47 0.41 0.33 −0.30 −0.27
Northeast	Developed Open Space (23) Deciduous Forest (28) Developed High Intensity (26) Developed Low Intensity (24) Grassland/Herbaceous (33)	0.72 −0.28 −0.22 0.19 0.07	Southeast	Developed Open Space (23) Developed Medium Intensity (25) Developed High Intensity (26) Shrub/Scrub (32) Developed Low Intensity (24)	0.70 −0.41 −0.40 0.27 0.22
N. Rockies & Plains	Developed Open Space (23) Cultivated Crops (38) Developed Low Intensity (24) Evergreen Forest (29) Shrub/Scrub (32)	0.39 −0.35 0.29 −0.25 0.23	Southwest	Shrub/Scrub (32) Evergreen Forest (29) Developed Low Intensity (24) Mixed Forest (30) Developed High Intensity (26)	0.48 −0.45 0.39 0.28 −0.27
Northwest	Evergreen Forest (29) Shrub/Scrub (32) Developed Low Intensity (34) Developed High Intensity (26) Cultivated Crops (38)	−0.52 0.52 0.41 −0.22 −0.18	Upper Midwest	Developed Low Intensity (24) Developed Open Space (23) Cultivated Crops (38) Developed High Intensity (26) Deciduous Forest (28)	0.48 0.45 −0.42 −0.41 0.22
Ohio Valley	Developed Low Intensity (24) Developed Open Space (23) Developed High Intensity (26) Cultivated Crops (38) Developed Medium Intensity (25)	0.56 0.48 −0.39 −0.24 −0.22	West	Developed Medium Intensity (25) Cultivated Crops (38) Developed Open Space (23) Evergreen Forest (29) Developed High Intensity (26)	0.40 −0.38 0.36 −0.36 −0.31