Highlights of the article: We quantify the attribution of surface heat island using random forest. NDVI is the most prominent determinant for annual mean heat islands. We recommend locality-based and coordinated heat mitigation strategies. The study was a collaboration with Dr. Zhi-Hua Wang’s research group in  … Continue reading An article on “Prioritizing environmental determinants of urban heat islands: A machine learning study for major cities in China” was published on International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation on