Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.74 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.66 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.64 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.61 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.61 000062001 North Bay ON 0.59 000065001 Barrie ON 0.59 000062501 Tiverton ON 0.57 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 0.55 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 0.54 000063301 Dorset ON 0.54 000060303 Kingston ON 0.52 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 0.51 060374002 North Long Beach CA 0.51 000061104 Peterborough ON 0.51 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow diurn-avg surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.88 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.81 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 0.81 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.79 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.77 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 0.75 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 0.72 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.67 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 0.66 000060104 Ottawa ON 0.65 060374002 North Long Beach CA 0.65 000061502 Kitchener ON 0.64 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 0.64 000061402 Brantford ON 0.63 060072001 Paradise - Birch Street CA 0.63 000061302 St. Catharines ON 0.62 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 0.61 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 0.56 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 0.56 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 0.56 060074001 Gridley CA 0.56 000062501 Tiverton ON 0.56 000061201 Cornwall ON 0.55 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 0.54 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 0.52 061010003 Yuba City CA 0.52 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 0.52 050350005 MARION AR 0.52 000090218 Calgary East AB 0.51 000065301 Port Stanley ON 0.51 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 0.50 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 0.87 000060609 Sudbury ON 0.86 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 0.85 000065001 Barrie ON 0.80 000062001 North Bay ON 0.77 000063301 Dorset ON 0.76 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 0.72 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 0.69 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 0.68 000060903 London ON 0.64 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 0.63 000061104 Peterborough ON 0.62 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA Mean daytime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 28.40 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 12.70 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 9.30 000030310 SYDNEY NS 8.00 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 7.40 040191034 Coachline AZ 6.60 040138005 Estrella AZ 5.80 040134010 Dysart AZ 4.70 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 2.50 060731006 Alpine CA 2.50 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 2.10 040191030 Green Valley AZ 1.60 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 1.50 000061201 Cornwall ON 1.30 000061402 Brantford ON 0.80 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 0.80 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 0.80 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 0.80 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 0.70 000061302 St. Catharines ON 0.60 000060104 Ottawa ON 0.50 000065701 Morrisburg ON #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 3.80 060870003 Unknown CA 3.80 000060903 London ON 1.50 000065401 Belleville ON 0.80 000061104 Peterborough ON Mean nighttime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 13.20 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 7.00 000030310 SYDNEY NS 6.80 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 5.60 040191034 Coachline AZ 4.60 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 3.30 040138005 Estrella AZ 3.20 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 3.00 040134010 Dysart AZ 2.40 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 2.30 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 2.20 000061502 Kitchener ON 1.90 000061302 St. Catharines ON 1.70 000061402 Brantford ON 1.70 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 1.50 040191030 Green Valley AZ 1.40 040139812 Durango AZ 1.40 000065701 Morrisburg ON 1.40 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 1.40 000040302 MONCTON NB 1.30 000061201 Cornwall ON 1.20 000065301 Port Stanley ON 1.00 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 0.80 060690002 Unknown CA 0.80 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 0.70 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 0.60 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 0.50 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 0.50 000020301 WELLINGTON PE #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 3.40 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 3.10 060870003 Unknown CA 1.70 000061104 Peterborough ON 1.70 000060903 London ON 1.70 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 1.50 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 1.30 000065001 Barrie ON 0.80 000051501 Zéphirin QC 0.50 000065401 Belleville ON Mean observed daytime surface PM2.5 (6-hourly) #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 473.00 060530002 Unknown CA 165.70 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 150.10 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 134.00 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 113.20 061010003 Yuba City CA 98.00 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 87.00 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 86.30 061130004 Davis CA 70.70 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 68.70 060410003 Point Reyes CA 67.00 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 60.90 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 59.60 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 52.80 060670012 Folsom CA 40.80 060310004 Corcoran CA 38.20 060771002 Stockton - Hazelton Street CA 36.90 060074001 Gridley CA 36.50 060670011 Elk Grove CA 35.40 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 33.90 060690002 Unknown CA 32.80 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 29.70 060731002 Escondido CA 29.40 060711004 Upland CA 28.70 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 28.70 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 27.60 060890007 Anderson CA 27.10 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 26.10 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 25.80 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 25.70 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 25.20 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 24.60 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 24.60 060571001 Truckee BAM CA 24.20 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 23.40 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 23.10 060953002 Vacaville CA 22.20 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 22.20 060374002 North Long Beach CA 22.00 069999921 EBAM12 - Sac T CA 21.20 060371201 Reseda CA 21.20 060271023 Bishop Paiute Tribe-CA CA 21.20 040139812 Durango AZ 20.90 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 20.90 060590007 Anaheim CA 20.20 000090302 Red Deer AB 20.00 061131003 Woodland CA 19.90 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 19.90 000090120 Edmonton South AB 19.70 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 19.60 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 19.60 060410001 San Rafael CA 19.20 060012004 Berkeley CA 18.90 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 18.90 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 18.10 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 18.00 040191113 Geronimo AZ 17.70 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 17.60 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 17.10 000090121 Edmonton East AB 17.00 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 16.90 060072001 Paradise - Birch Street CA 16.10 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 15.80 010970003 CHICK. AL 15.70 060811001 Redwood City CA 15.50 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 15.40 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 15.20 000090502 Lethbridge AB 15.10 060798001 Atascadero CA 14.80 000090218 Calgary East AB 14.60 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 14.10 060010011 Oakland West CA 14.00 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 13.80 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 13.50 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 13.40 060959999 Rio Vista CA 13.20 051390006 El Dorado AR 13.10 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 12.70 060870007 Unknown CA 12.70 010732003 WYLAM AL 12.70 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 12.60 010331002 MSHOALS AL 12.20 011011002 MONTG AL 12.20 010731010 LEEDS AL 12.10 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 12.00 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 12.00 060090001 San Andreas CA 11.80 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 11.60 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 11.40 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 11.40 000050801 Ursulines QC 11.00 060731006 Alpine CA 10.90 051190007 PARR AR 10.80 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 10.70 010731005 MCADORY AL 10.70 000061004 Sarnia ON 10.50 010732006 HOOVER AL 9.80 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 9.80 050350005 MARION AR 9.80 010735003 CORNER AL 9.70 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 9.50 000041302 BATHURST NB 9.20 080410017 Colorado College CO 9.20 010735002 PINSON AL 9.00 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 8.90 000054501 L'Assomption QC 8.60 060570005 Grass Valley CA 8.40 000030310 SYDNEY NS 8.30 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 8.20 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 7.90 000061502 Kitchener ON 7.90 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 7.90 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 7.70 040134010 Dysart AZ 7.40 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 7.30 040191034 Coachline AZ 7.20 000065301 Port Stanley ON 7.20 000040302 MONCTON NB 7.10 000065801 Chatham ON 7.10 000061302 St. Catharines ON 7.10 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 7.00 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 7.00 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 6.90 040138005 Estrella AZ 6.80 000063701 Grand Bend ON 6.40 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 6.40 000061402 Brantford ON 6.30 000091101 Elk Island AB 6.30 000065201 Parry Sound ON 5.80 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 5.60 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 5.60 000062501 Tiverton ON 5.50 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 5.30 000065701 Morrisburg ON 5.20 040191030 Green Valley AZ 5.20 000061201 Cornwall ON 5.00 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 4.80 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 4.70 000060104 Ottawa ON 3.10 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 34.70 000091901 Caroline AB 19.70 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 16.90 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 16.20 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 12.90 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 11.80 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 11.60 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 10.20 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 9.90 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 9.20 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 8.70 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 8.30 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 7.70 000060303 Kingston ON 7.30 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 7.20 000065001 Barrie ON 6.70 000062001 North Bay ON 6.70 000061104 Peterborough ON 6.60 000063301 Dorset ON 6.20 000065401 Belleville ON 5.80 060870003 Unknown CA 5.80 000051501 Zéphirin QC 5.50 080130003 Longmont CO 5.20 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON 4.60 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 4.40 000060609 Sudbury ON 3.10 000060903 London ON Mean observed cloudiness (MODIS COT) RAQMS!dG!n 18Z yesterday surface PM2.5 #coincidences and Corr > 0.5 48.10 000030310 SYDNEY NS 45.10 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 27.50 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 27.10 000040302 MONCTON NB 27.10 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 27.10 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 27.10 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 19.40 000041302 BATHURST NB 15.30 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 15.30 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 15.30 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 15.30 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 15.30 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 15.00 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 14.60 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 14.60 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 14.60 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 14.60 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 14.20 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 14.20 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 14.20 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 14.20 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 14.20 060731002 Escondido CA 14.20 060711004 Upland CA 14.20 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 14.20 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 14.20 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 14.20 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 14.20 060590007 Anaheim CA 14.20 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 14.20 060374002 North Long Beach CA 14.20 060371201 Reseda CA 14.20 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 14.20 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 14.20 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 11.90 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 9.40 060731006 Alpine CA 9.40 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 9.20 069999921 EBAM12 - Sac T CA 9.20 061131003 Woodland CA 9.20 061130004 Davis CA 9.20 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 9.20 060959999 Rio Vista CA 9.20 060953002 Vacaville CA 9.20 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 9.20 060870003 Unknown CA 9.20 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 9.20 060811001 Redwood City CA 9.20 060771002 Stockton - Hazelton Street CA 9.20 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 9.20 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 9.20 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 9.20 060670012 Folsom CA 9.20 060670011 Elk Grove CA 9.20 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 9.20 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 9.20 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 9.20 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 9.20 060410003 Point Reyes CA 9.20 060410001 San Rafael CA 9.20 060012004 Berkeley CA 9.20 060010011 Oakland West CA 9.20 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 7.60 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 7.60 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 7.60 040191034 Coachline AZ 6.60 060870007 Unknown CA 6.60 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 6.60 060690002 Unknown CA 6.60 060530002 Unknown CA 6.50 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 6.50 040139812 Durango AZ 6.50 040138005 Estrella AZ 6.50 040134010 Dysart AZ 6.50 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 6.50 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 6.30 000065001 Barrie ON 6.30 000061502 Kitchener ON 6.30 000061402 Brantford ON 6.30 000061302 St. Catharines ON 6.30 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 6.30 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 6.00 010970003 CHICK. AL 5.80 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 5.80 060798001 Atascadero CA 5.80 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 5.80 060310004 Corcoran CA 5.80 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 5.80 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 5.80 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 5.80 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 5.60 000065201 Parry Sound ON 5.60 000062001 North Bay ON 5.60 000060609 Sudbury ON 5.20 051390006 El Dorado AR 5.20 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 5.20 051190007 PARR AR 5.20 010735003 CORNER AL 5.20 010735002 PINSON AL 5.20 010732006 HOOVER AL 5.20 010732003 WYLAM AL 5.20 010731010 LEEDS AL 5.20 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 4.90 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 4.90 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 4.90 000090121 Edmonton East AB 4.90 000090120 Edmonton South AB 4.90 000065401 Belleville ON 4.90 000063301 Dorset ON 4.90 000061104 Peterborough ON 4.70 011011002 MONTG AL 4.70 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 4.40 061010003 Yuba City CA 4.40 060890007 Anderson CA 4.40 060570005 Grass Valley CA 4.40 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 4.40 060074001 Gridley CA 4.40 060072001 Paradise - Birch Street CA 4.40 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 4.40 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 4.40 010731005 MCADORY AL 4.40 010331002 MSHOALS AL 4.20 050350005 MARION AR 4.10 000065701 Morrisburg ON 4.10 000060303 Kingston ON 4.00 000091101 Elk Island AB 3.90 000065801 Chatham ON 3.90 000065301 Port Stanley ON 3.90 000061201 Cornwall ON 3.90 000061004 Sarnia ON 3.90 000060903 London ON 3.90 000054501 L'Assomption QC 3.90 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 3.90 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 3.70 000063701 Grand Bend ON 3.70 000062501 Tiverton ON 3.70 000060104 Ottawa ON 3.30 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 3.30 040191113 Geronimo AZ 3.30 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 3.30 040191030 Green Valley AZ 3.30 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 3.30 000051501 Zéphirin QC 3.30 000050801 Ursulines QC 3.20 000091901 Caroline AB 3.20 000090302 Red Deer AB 3.20 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 3.20 000090218 Calgary East AB 3.10 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 3.10 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 3.10 060090001 San Andreas CA 3.10 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON 3.00 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 3.00 060571001 Truckee BAM CA 2.90 000090502 Lethbridge AB 2.40 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 2.10 060271023 Bishop Paiute Tribe-CA CA 2.00 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 2.00 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 2.00 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 2.00 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 2.00 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 1.60 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 1.60 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 1.60 080130003 Longmont CO 1.00 080410017 Colorado College CO AIRNow 18Z yesterday 1-hr surface PM2.5 AIRNow yesterday maximum 1-hr surface PM2.5 Yesterday observed cloudiness (MODIS COT)