Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.73 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.62 000090218 Calgary East AB 0.62 000062001 North Bay ON 0.61 000062501 Tiverton ON 0.60 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.59 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.59 000065001 Barrie ON 0.58 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.56 060374002 North Long Beach CA 0.55 000063301 Dorset ON 0.53 000060303 Kingston ON 0.50 000061104 Peterborough ON Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow diurn-avg surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.90 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.89 000060609 Sudbury ON 0.85 000065001 Barrie ON 0.80 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 0.75 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.75 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.73 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.71 060374002 North Long Beach CA 0.70 000090218 Calgary East AB 0.66 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 0.66 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 0.62 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 0.62 060310004 Corcoran CA 0.62 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 0.60 000060104 Ottawa ON 0.59 000061302 St. Catharines ON 0.59 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 0.58 000061502 Kitchener ON 0.57 000062501 Tiverton ON 0.57 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 0.55 050350005 MARION AR 0.54 060072001 Paradise - Birch Street CA 0.53 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 0.52 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 0.52 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 0.52 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 0.51 010331002 MSHOALS AL 0.51 000061402 Brantford ON 0.51 000061201 Cornwall ON 0.50 060074001 Gridley CA #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 0.89 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 0.80 000062001 North Bay ON 0.78 000063301 Dorset ON 0.74 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 0.74 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 0.72 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 0.57 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 0.52 000061104 Peterborough ON 0.51 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 0.50 000065401 Belleville ON Mean daytime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 29.20 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 15.50 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 11.60 000030310 SYDNEY NS 8.00 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 7.10 040191034 Coachline AZ 5.90 040138005 Estrella AZ 5.30 040134010 Dysart AZ 3.30 060731006 Alpine CA 3.10 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 2.20 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 2.10 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 1.70 040191030 Green Valley AZ 1.60 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 1.40 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 1.40 000061201 Cornwall ON 1.40 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 1.10 000061402 Brantford ON 0.80 000060609 Sudbury ON 0.70 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 0.60 000065001 Barrie ON 0.60 000060104 Ottawa ON 0.50 000061302 St. Catharines ON #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 4.60 060870003 Unknown CA 4.10 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 4.10 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 3.60 000060903 London ON 2.50 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 2.20 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 0.90 000065401 Belleville ON Mean nighttime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 15.00 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 8.90 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 6.80 000030310 SYDNEY NS 5.70 040191034 Coachline AZ 5.30 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 3.40 040138005 Estrella AZ 3.10 040134010 Dysart AZ 2.30 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 2.30 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 1.60 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 1.50 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 1.50 040191030 Green Valley AZ 1.40 000061502 Kitchener ON 1.30 000061302 St. Catharines ON 1.20 040139812 Durango AZ 1.20 000065701 Morrisburg ON 1.20 000061402 Brantford ON 1.20 000061201 Cornwall ON 1.10 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 1.10 000065001 Barrie ON 0.90 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 0.80 060731006 Alpine CA 0.80 000065301 Port Stanley ON 0.80 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 0.80 000051501 Zéphirin QC 0.70 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 0.60 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 0.60 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 3.90 060870003 Unknown CA 3.20 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 2.90 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 2.30 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 1.50 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 1.40 000061104 Peterborough ON 1.40 000060903 London ON 1.20 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 1.00 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 1.00 000040302 MONCTON NB 1.00 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB Mean observed daytime surface PM2.5 (6-hourly) #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 448.60 060530002 Unknown CA 199.00 061010003 Yuba City CA 159.30 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 151.70 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 135.20 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 117.50 060310004 Corcoran CA 115.80 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 97.80 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 86.30 061130004 Davis CA 81.70 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 71.50 060410003 Point Reyes CA 68.90 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 65.40 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 57.80 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 54.40 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 51.20 060670012 Folsom CA 38.20 060670011 Elk Grove CA 37.30 060074001 Gridley CA 35.70 060690002 Unknown CA 35.20 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 35.00 060771002 Stockton - Hazelton Street CA 30.70 060731002 Escondido CA 29.80 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 27.80 060711004 Upland CA 26.40 060890007 Anderson CA 26.20 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 26.10 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 24.90 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 24.90 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 24.20 060571001 Truckee BAM CA 23.90 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 23.30 060953002 Vacaville CA 23.00 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 22.20 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 22.10 000090120 Edmonton South AB 21.80 069999921 EBAM12 - Sac T CA 21.80 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 21.80 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 21.70 000090302 Red Deer AB 21.50 040139812 Durango AZ 20.90 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 20.90 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 20.80 060271023 Bishop Paiute Tribe-CA CA 20.40 060374002 North Long Beach CA 20.20 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 20.10 060410001 San Rafael CA 19.90 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 19.70 061131003 Woodland CA 19.70 060371201 Reseda CA 19.20 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 19.10 000090121 Edmonton East AB 19.00 060590007 Anaheim CA 19.00 060012004 Berkeley CA 19.00 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 19.00 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 18.80 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 18.20 060072001 Paradise - Birch Street CA 17.80 040191113 Geronimo AZ 17.30 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 17.00 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 16.90 000090502 Lethbridge AB 16.90 000090218 Calgary East AB 16.40 060811001 Redwood City CA 16.10 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 16.10 010970003 CHICK. AL 16.00 060798001 Atascadero CA 15.80 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 15.20 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 14.30 060010011 Oakland West CA 14.20 060959999 Rio Vista CA 14.10 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 14.10 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 14.00 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 13.30 051390006 El Dorado AR 12.80 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 12.60 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 12.50 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 12.40 060870007 Unknown CA 12.40 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 12.20 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 12.10 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 12.10 011011002 MONTG AL 12.00 010331002 MSHOALS AL 11.80 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 11.80 010732003 WYLAM AL 11.80 010731010 LEEDS AL 11.70 060090001 San Andreas CA 11.30 051190007 PARR AR 10.90 000050801 Ursulines QC 10.80 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 10.70 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 10.70 000061004 Sarnia ON 10.50 060731006 Alpine CA 10.20 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 10.20 010732006 HOOVER AL 10.10 010731005 MCADORY AL 9.80 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 9.70 050350005 MARION AR 9.70 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 9.50 000041302 BATHURST NB 9.20 000054501 L'Assomption QC 9.10 080410017 Colorado College CO 9.10 010735003 CORNER AL 9.00 010735002 PINSON AL 8.90 000030310 SYDNEY NS 8.70 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 8.30 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 7.90 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 7.90 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 7.80 000091101 Elk Island AB 7.70 040134010 Dysart AZ 7.70 000061502 Kitchener ON 7.50 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 7.50 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 7.20 060570005 Grass Valley CA 7.20 040191034 Coachline AZ 7.20 000065801 Chatham ON 7.20 000065301 Port Stanley ON 7.20 000061302 St. Catharines ON 7.20 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 7.10 040138005 Estrella AZ 7.10 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 7.00 000065001 Barrie ON 7.00 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 6.80 000063701 Grand Bend ON 6.40 000061402 Brantford ON 6.20 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 6.00 000065201 Parry Sound ON 5.90 000051501 Zéphirin QC 5.70 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 5.60 000062501 Tiverton ON 5.50 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 5.30 040191030 Green Valley AZ 5.30 000065701 Morrisburg ON 5.30 000061201 Cornwall ON 5.20 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 4.80 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 4.70 000060104 Ottawa ON 3.80 000060609 Sudbury ON 3.40 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 34.70 000091901 Caroline AB 26.00 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 17.10 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 12.80 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 12.50 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 12.30 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 10.70 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 10.20 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 9.90 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 9.80 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 8.80 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 7.70 000060303 Kingston ON 7.60 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 7.30 000040302 MONCTON NB 6.70 000062001 North Bay ON 6.60 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 6.60 000063301 Dorset ON 6.50 000061104 Peterborough ON 6.20 000065401 Belleville ON 5.90 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 5.30 080130003 Longmont CO 5.20 060870003 Unknown CA 5.20 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON 4.40 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 3.00 000060903 London ON Mean observed cloudiness (MODIS COT) RAQMS!dG!n 18Z yesterday surface PM2.5 #coincidences and Corr > 0.5 59.80 000030310 SYDNEY NS 57.70 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 31.30 000040302 MONCTON NB 31.30 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 31.30 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 31.30 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 24.70 000041302 BATHURST NB 17.70 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 14.20 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 14.20 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 14.20 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 14.20 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 13.10 069999921 EBAM12 - Sac T CA 13.10 061131003 Woodland CA 13.10 061130004 Davis CA 13.10 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 13.10 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 13.10 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 13.10 060959999 Rio Vista CA 13.10 060953002 Vacaville CA 13.10 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 13.10 060870003 Unknown CA 13.10 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 13.10 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 13.10 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 13.10 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 13.10 060811001 Redwood City CA 13.10 060771002 Stockton - Hazelton Street CA 13.10 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 13.10 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 13.10 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 13.10 060670012 Folsom CA 13.10 060670011 Elk Grove CA 13.10 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 13.10 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 13.10 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 13.10 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 13.10 060410003 Point Reyes CA 13.10 060410001 San Rafael CA 13.10 060012004 Berkeley CA 13.10 060010011 Oakland West CA 13.10 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 12.70 060870007 Unknown CA 12.70 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 12.70 060690002 Unknown CA 12.70 060530002 Unknown CA 12.00 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 11.20 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 11.20 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 11.20 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 11.20 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 11.20 060731002 Escondido CA 11.20 060711004 Upland CA 11.20 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 11.20 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 11.20 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 11.20 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 11.20 060590007 Anaheim CA 11.20 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 11.20 060374002 North Long Beach CA 11.20 060371201 Reseda CA 11.20 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 11.20 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 11.20 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 9.50 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 9.50 060798001 Atascadero CA 9.50 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 9.50 060310004 Corcoran CA 9.50 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 9.50 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 8.80 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 8.80 010970003 CHICK. AL 7.80 061010003 Yuba City CA 7.80 060890007 Anderson CA 7.80 060570005 Grass Valley CA 7.80 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 7.80 060074001 Gridley CA 7.80 060072001 Paradise - Birch Street CA 7.80 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 7.70 060731006 Alpine CA 7.70 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 7.10 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 7.10 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 7.10 040191034 Coachline AZ 7.00 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 7.00 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 6.50 051390006 El Dorado AR 6.50 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 6.50 051190007 PARR AR 6.10 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 6.10 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 6.10 060090001 San Andreas CA 6.10 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 6.10 010731005 MCADORY AL 6.10 010331002 MSHOALS AL 5.90 000065001 Barrie ON 5.90 000061502 Kitchener ON 5.90 000061402 Brantford ON 5.90 000061302 St. Catharines ON 5.90 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 5.90 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 5.70 050350005 MARION AR 5.50 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 5.50 060571001 Truckee BAM CA 5.30 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 5.30 040139812 Durango AZ 5.30 040138005 Estrella AZ 5.30 040134010 Dysart AZ 5.30 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 5.30 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 5.30 011011002 MONTG AL 5.30 010735003 CORNER AL 5.30 010735002 PINSON AL 5.30 010732006 HOOVER AL 5.30 010732003 WYLAM AL 5.30 010731010 LEEDS AL 5.30 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 4.90 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 4.60 000065401 Belleville ON 4.60 000061104 Peterborough ON 4.30 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 4.30 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 4.30 000090121 Edmonton East AB 4.30 000090120 Edmonton South AB 4.20 000065701 Morrisburg ON 4.20 000060303 Kingston ON 4.20 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 4.00 060271023 Bishop Paiute Tribe-CA CA 3.70 000065201 Parry Sound ON 3.70 000062001 North Bay ON 3.70 000060609 Sudbury ON 3.50 000065801 Chatham ON 3.50 000065301 Port Stanley ON 3.50 000061004 Sarnia ON 3.50 000060903 London ON 3.50 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 3.50 000051501 Zéphirin QC 3.50 000050801 Ursulines QC 3.40 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 3.40 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 3.40 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 3.40 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 3.40 000091901 Caroline AB 3.40 000090302 Red Deer AB 3.40 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 3.40 000090218 Calgary East AB 3.20 000063301 Dorset ON 3.10 000063701 Grand Bend ON 3.10 000062501 Tiverton ON 3.10 000061201 Cornwall ON 3.10 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON 3.10 000054501 L'Assomption QC 3.10 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 3.10 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 3.00 000060104 Ottawa ON 2.90 040191113 Geronimo AZ 2.90 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 2.90 040191030 Green Valley AZ 2.30 000091101 Elk Island AB 2.20 000090502 Lethbridge AB 1.90 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 1.70 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 1.70 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 1.70 080130003 Longmont CO 1.60 080410017 Colorado College CO 1.50 000094301 Cold Lake South AB AIRNow 18Z yesterday 1-hr surface PM2.5 AIRNow yesterday maximum 1-hr surface PM2.5 Yesterday observed cloudiness (MODIS COT)