Identifying Tree Traits for Cooling Urban Heat Islands—A Cross-City Empirical Analysis

<i>Research Highlights:</i> This paper presents a cross-city empirical study on micro-climatic thermal benefits of urban trees, using machine-learning analysis to identify the importance of several in situ measured tree physiognomy traits for cooling. <i>Background and Objectives&l...

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Main Authors: Carola Helletsgruber, Sten Gillner, Ágnes Gulyás, Robert R. Junker, Eszter Tanács, Angela Hof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/10/1064