Research Article

The Spatiotemporal Pattern of the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) on the Canopies of Various Forest Types in the Exurban National Park: A Case in Ningbo City, Eastern China

Table 5

The results of different factors through FD and cluster analysis in 2010, 2017 and the two periods’ average.

Factors20102017Two periods’ averageHierarchical cluster
Hot spotsCold spotsHot spotsCold spotsHot spotsCold spots

TSY0.12480.11960.13890.14500.15690.17351
NDVI0.02570.03540.01460.02040.01580.02732
LST0.03010.01590.01010.00950.00940.00572
TPWV0.00090.00080.00110.00120.00050.00272
ST0.00990.01210.01150.01410.00930.00512
SLT0.00850.00990.00540.00210.00560.00272
AT0.01140.00890.00210.00120.00780.0072
SL0.00880.00660.00250.00450.00980.00582
SD0.00270.00560.00770.00960.00250.00642
LSP0.00120.00980.01890.02010.00290.00032
OSM0.00120.00830.01950.00550.02340.00172

Note. values for all areas are <0.01 in 2010, 2017, and the two-year average. High significance (). TSY = tree species type; ST = soil type; SLT =  soil layer thickness; AT =  altitude; SL = slope; SD = slope direction; LSP = Landscan population; OSM = OSM road length.