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Table 6 The correlations between SWEAT index and affecting independent factors based on summarized annual data in four urban areas (N = 4)

From: Factors affecting severe weather threat index in urban areas of Turkey and Iran

Factors

Pearson test

SWEAT

Population

Latitude

Longitude

Altitude

Sprawl

Expansion

Density

Temperature

Precipitation

Humidity

Cloudiness

SWEAT

R

1.00

0.73

0.92

− 0.99

− 0.78

0.86

0.91

0.34

− 0.73

0.94

0.99

0.96

Sig.

 

0.27

0.08

0.01

0.22

0.14

0.09

0.66

0.27

0.06

0.01

0.04

Population

R

0.73

1.00

0.51

− 0.61

− 0.76

0.46

0.53

0.89

− 0.08

0.83

0.65

0.75

Sig.

0.27

 

0.49

0.39

0.24

0.54

0.47

0.11

0.92

0.17

0.35

0.25

Latitude

R

0.92

0.51

1.00

− 0.95

− 0.83

0.70

0.78

0.13

− 0.85

0.90

0.92

0.77

Sig.

0.08

0.49

 

0.05

0.17

0.30

0.22

0.87

0.15

0.10

0.08

0.23

Longitude

R

− 0.99

− 0.61

− 0.95

1.00

0.72

− 0.88

− 0.93

− 0.18

0.84

− 0.89

− 1.00

− 0.93

Sig.

0.01

0.39

0.05

 

0.28

0.12

0.07

0.82

0.16

0.11

0.00

0.07

Altitude

R

− 0.78

− 0.76

− 0.83

0.72

1.00

− 0.35

− 0.46

− 0.59

0.40

− 0.94

− 0.71

− 0.61

Sig.

0.22

0.24

0.17

0.28

 

0.65

0.54

0.41

0.60

0.06

0.29

0.39

Sprawl

R

0.86

0.46

0.70

− 0.88

− 0.35

1.00

0.99

0.02

− 0.78

0.63

0.91

0.93

Sig.

0.14

0.54

0.30

0.12

0.65

 

0.01

0.98

0.22

0.37

0.09

0.07

Expansion

R

0.91

0.53

0.78

− 0.93

− 0.46

0.99

1.00

0.08

− 0.80

0.72

0.95

0.95

Sig.

0.09

0.47

0.22

0.07

0.54

0.01

 

0.92

0.20

0.28

0.05

0.05

Density

R

0.34

0.89

0.13

− 0.18

− 0.59

0.02

0.08

1.00

0.38

0.54

0.23

0.38

Sig.

0.66

0.11

0.87

0.82

0.41

0.98

0.92

 

0.62

0.46

0.77

0.62

Temperature

R

− 0.73

− 0.08

− 0.85

0.84

0.40

− 0.78

− 0.80

0.38

1.00

− 0.56

− 0.80

− 0.64

Sig.

0.27

0.92

0.15

0.16

0.60

0.22

0.20

0.62

 

0.44

0.20

0.36

Precipitation

R

0.94

0.83

0.90

− 0.89

− 0.94

0.63

0.72

0.54

− 0.56

1.00

0.89

0.84

Sig.

0.06

0.17

0.10

0.11

0.06

0.37

0.28

0.46

0.44

 

0.11

0.16

Humidity

R

0.99

0.65

0.92

− 1.00

− 0.71

0.91

0.95

0.23

− 0.80

0.89

1.00

0.96

Sig.

0.01

0.35

0.08

0.00

0.29

0.09

0.05

0.77

0.20

0.11

 

0.04

Cloudiness

R

0.96

0.75

0.77

− 0.93

− 0.61

0.93

0.95

0.38

− 0.64

0.84

0.96

1.00

Sig.

0.04

0.25

0.23

0.07

0.39

0.07

0.05

0.62

0.36

0.16

0.04

 
  1. R correlation ratio, Sig. significance, N number of four case studies