caa a22 4500 445800461 CHVBK 20180317145139.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00704-011-0425-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00704-011-0425-9 Spatial prediction of urban-rural temperatures using statistical methods [Elektronische Daten] [Jan Hjort, Juuso Suomi, Jukka Käyhkö] Spatial information on climatic characteristics is beneficial in e.g. regional planning, building construction and urban ecology. The possibility to spatially predict urban-rural temperatures with statistical techniques and small sample sizes was investigated in Turku, SW Finland. Temperature observations from 36 stationary weather stations over a period of 6years were used in the analyses. Geographical information system (GIS) data on urban land use, hydrology and topography served as explanatory variables. The utilized statistical techniques were generalized linear model and boosted regression tree method. The results demonstrate that temperature variables can be robustly predicted with relatively small sample sizes (n ≈ 20-40). The variability in the temperature data was explained satisfactorily with few accessible GIS variables. Statistically based spatial modelling provides a cost-efficient approach to predict temperature variables on a regional scale. Spatial modelling may aid also in gaining novel insights into the causes and impacts of temperature variability in extensive urbanized areas. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Hjort Jan Department of Geography, University of Oulu, P.O. Box3000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland aut Suomi Juuso Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland aut Käyhkö Jukka Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland aut Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Vienna 106/1-2(2011-11-01), 139-152 0177-798X 106:1-2<139 2011 106 704 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-011-0425-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-011-0425-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hjort Jan Department of Geography, University of Oulu, P.O. Box3000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suomi Juuso Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Käyhkö Jukka Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Vienna 106/1-2(2011-11-01), 139-152 0177-798X 106:1-2<139 2011 106 704 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer