Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.75 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.72 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.68 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 0.68 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.67 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 0.66 000065801 Chatham ON 0.65 000061004 Sarnia ON 0.64 010735003 CORNER AL 0.64 010731010 LEEDS AL 0.64 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 0.61 010735002 PINSON AL 0.61 010732006 HOOVER AL 0.60 000065301 Port Stanley ON 0.58 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 0.58 010731005 MCADORY AL 0.55 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 0.52 010732003 WYLAM AL 0.52 010730023 NO. BHAM AL #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow diurn-avg surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.93 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 0.92 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.88 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.87 010731010 LEEDS AL 0.85 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 0.85 000065801 Chatham ON 0.85 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 0.84 010735002 PINSON AL 0.83 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.83 000065301 Port Stanley ON 0.82 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 0.81 010735003 CORNER AL 0.81 000061004 Sarnia ON 0.74 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 0.73 010732006 HOOVER AL 0.71 000061302 St. Catharines ON 0.69 010732003 WYLAM AL 0.69 010731005 MCADORY AL 0.67 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 0.65 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 0.65 050350005 MARION AR 0.64 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 0.64 051190007 PARR AR 0.63 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 0.59 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 0.59 000091101 Elk Island AB 0.59 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 0.57 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 0.56 060690002 Unknown CA 0.56 051390006 El Dorado AR 0.54 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 0.53 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 0.52 000090302 Red Deer AB 0.51 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 0.67 000060903 London ON 0.57 000061402 Brantford ON 0.53 000061502 Kitchener ON Mean daytime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 28.50 000030310 SYDNEY NS 23.60 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 22.60 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 18.40 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 17.80 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 10.10 000041302 BATHURST NB 9.40 000040302 MONCTON NB 6.50 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 4.80 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 3.90 000065701 Morrisburg ON 3.70 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 3.70 000061201 Cornwall ON 3.30 000061104 Peterborough ON 3.00 000065001 Barrie ON 2.60 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 2.40 000065401 Belleville ON 2.20 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 2.00 000060609 Sudbury ON 1.80 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 1.20 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 1.00 000061302 St. Catharines ON 0.80 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 0.80 060832011 GOLETA CA 0.80 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.50 000065801 Chatham ON 0.50 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 17.80 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 8.90 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 2.80 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 1.50 000061402 Brantford ON 1.10 000060104 Ottawa ON 0.80 000060903 London ON Mean nighttime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 13.30 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 12.30 000030310 SYDNEY NS 8.40 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 6.40 000041302 BATHURST NB 5.50 060530002 Unknown CA 5.10 060870007 Unknown CA 4.70 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 4.20 060832011 GOLETA CA 4.10 000061201 Cornwall ON 4.00 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 3.90 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 3.80 060690002 Unknown CA 3.70 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 3.70 000040302 MONCTON NB 3.10 000065001 Barrie ON 3.10 000061104 Peterborough ON 3.10 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 3.00 000065401 Belleville ON 2.90 000065701 Morrisburg ON 2.90 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 2.70 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 2.50 000060303 Kingston ON 2.50 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 2.40 000060609 Sudbury ON 2.10 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 2.10 000061302 St. Catharines ON 2.00 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 1.90 000063301 Dorset ON 1.90 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 1.80 000065301 Port Stanley ON 1.70 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 1.70 060670012 Folsom CA 1.70 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 1.60 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 1.40 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 1.30 000065801 Chatham ON 1.20 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 1.10 060870003 Unknown CA 0.90 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.70 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 0.70 000054501 L'Assomption QC 0.60 040191030 Green Valley AZ #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 8.50 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 4.10 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 3.10 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 3.00 000060903 London ON 2.80 000060104 Ottawa ON 1.70 000061502 Kitchener ON 1.20 000062001 North Bay ON 1.10 000061402 Brantford ON Mean observed daytime surface PM2.5 (6-hourly) #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 697.50 060410003 Point Reyes CA 193.20 060530002 Unknown CA 191.60 061010003 Yuba City CA 175.50 061130004 Davis CA 159.70 060870003 Unknown CA 103.00 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 98.00 060670011 Elk Grove CA 84.20 060771002 Stockton - Hazelton Street CA 83.20 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 74.80 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 72.70 060310004 Corcoran CA 63.00 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 62.40 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 58.90 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 56.70 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 54.80 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 54.10 060870007 Unknown CA 53.70 010331002 MSHOALS AL 48.20 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 46.90 060890007 Anderson CA 46.00 060690002 Unknown CA 43.70 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 38.30 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 37.10 060074001 Gridley CA 35.70 060090001 San Andreas CA 31.20 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 30.40 000090302 Red Deer AB 29.60 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 29.50 060711004 Upland CA 29.00 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 29.00 060371201 Reseda CA 28.20 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 28.10 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 27.30 060374002 North Long Beach CA 27.10 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 26.70 040139812 Durango AZ 26.30 061131003 Woodland CA 26.10 060590007 Anaheim CA 25.40 060271023 Bishop Paiute Tribe-CA CA 25.10 000090120 Edmonton South AB 25.00 000090121 Edmonton East AB 24.90 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 24.80 060959999 Rio Vista CA 24.70 060731002 Escondido CA 24.00 069999921 EBAM12 - Sac T CA 23.50 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 23.40 060953002 Vacaville CA 23.00 040191030 Green Valley AZ 22.40 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 22.00 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 21.90 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 21.70 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 21.20 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 21.10 000090218 Calgary East AB 20.60 060410001 San Rafael CA 20.50 040191113 Geronimo AZ 19.40 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 19.40 010970003 CHICK. AL 19.40 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 19.30 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 19.10 000090502 Lethbridge AB 18.90 060571001 Truckee BAM CA 18.30 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 18.00 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 17.80 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 17.40 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 17.30 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 17.20 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 17.00 060811001 Redwood City CA 16.80 060012004 Berkeley CA 16.60 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 16.30 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 16.10 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 16.00 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 15.90 000050801 Ursulines QC 15.80 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 15.30 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 15.20 060010011 Oakland West CA 15.10 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 15.10 011011002 MONTG AL 15.00 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 14.90 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 14.50 060731006 Alpine CA 13.80 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 13.70 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 13.70 040138005 Estrella AZ 13.40 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 13.40 040191034 Coachline AZ 13.30 060072001 Paradise - Birch Street CA 12.90 060670012 Folsom CA 12.60 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 12.60 010732003 WYLAM AL 12.50 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 12.50 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 12.40 060832011 GOLETA CA 12.30 010731010 LEEDS AL 12.20 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 12.10 000054501 L'Assomption QC 12.00 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 11.90 010732006 HOOVER AL 11.80 051190007 PARR AR 11.70 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 11.60 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 11.60 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 11.30 080410017 Colorado College CO 11.30 010731005 MCADORY AL 11.20 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 10.90 000091101 Elk Island AB 10.80 000041302 BATHURST NB 10.70 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 10.70 010735003 CORNER AL 10.40 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 10.30 051390006 El Dorado AR 10.30 040134010 Dysart AZ 10.30 010735002 PINSON AL 10.20 000030310 SYDNEY NS 10.00 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 9.80 050350005 MARION AR 9.50 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 9.50 000061004 Sarnia ON 9.40 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 8.60 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 8.50 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 8.20 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 8.10 000040302 MONCTON NB 8.00 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 8.00 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 7.90 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 7.90 000061302 St. Catharines ON 7.90 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 7.60 080130003 Longmont CO 7.60 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 7.40 000060303 Kingston ON 7.40 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 7.10 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 7.10 000065301 Port Stanley ON 7.10 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 6.60 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 6.40 000065801 Chatham ON 6.40 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 6.20 060570005 Grass Valley CA 6.10 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 5.90 000063301 Dorset ON 5.80 000065001 Barrie ON 5.70 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 5.50 000065401 Belleville ON 5.20 000061201 Cornwall ON 4.80 000061104 Peterborough ON 4.80 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 4.70 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 4.30 000065201 Parry Sound ON 3.40 000065701 Morrisburg ON 3.10 000060609 Sudbury ON #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 15.50 060798001 Atascadero CA 13.50 000051501 Zéphirin QC 10.50 000091901 Caroline AB 8.80 000063701 Grand Bend ON 8.70 000061502 Kitchener ON 7.40 000061402 Brantford ON 6.30 000060903 London ON 6.00 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 5.80 000062501 Tiverton ON 5.50 000060104 Ottawa ON 5.40 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 5.20 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 4.80 000062001 North Bay ON 4.30 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON Mean observed cloudiness (MODIS COT) RAQMS!dG!n 18Z yesterday surface PM2.5 #coincidences and Corr > 0.5 22.60 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 18.30 000065001 Barrie ON 18.30 000061502 Kitchener ON 18.30 000061402 Brantford ON 18.30 000061302 St. Catharines ON 18.30 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 18.30 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 18.10 000061201 Cornwall ON 18.10 000054501 L'Assomption QC 18.10 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 18.10 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 15.10 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 10.90 000030310 SYDNEY NS 9.20 000065401 Belleville ON 9.20 000061104 Peterborough ON 9.00 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 8.40 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 8.10 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 7.50 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 7.30 051390006 El Dorado AR 7.30 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 7.30 051190007 PARR AR 7.10 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 7.10 040139812 Durango AZ 7.10 040138005 Estrella AZ 7.10 040134010 Dysart AZ 7.10 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 7.10 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 6.80 000065801 Chatham ON 6.80 000065301 Port Stanley ON 6.80 000061004 Sarnia ON 6.80 000060903 London ON 6.50 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 6.50 000051501 Zéphirin QC 6.50 000050801 Ursulines QC 6.20 000065701 Morrisburg ON 6.20 000060303 Kingston ON 5.80 060731006 Alpine CA 5.80 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 5.80 010970003 CHICK. AL 5.70 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 5.70 010731005 MCADORY AL 5.70 010331002 MSHOALS AL 5.60 050350005 MARION AR 5.60 010735003 CORNER AL 5.60 010735002 PINSON AL 5.60 010732006 HOOVER AL 5.60 010732003 WYLAM AL 5.60 010731010 LEEDS AL 5.60 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 5.30 000060104 Ottawa ON 4.60 011011002 MONTG AL 4.10 040191034 Coachline AZ 4.00 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 4.00 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 4.00 060832011 GOLETA CA 4.00 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 4.00 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 4.00 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 3.90 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 3.90 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 3.90 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 3.90 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 3.90 060731002 Escondido CA 3.90 060711004 Upland CA 3.90 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 3.90 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 3.90 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 3.90 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 3.90 060590007 Anaheim CA 3.90 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 3.90 060374002 North Long Beach CA 3.90 060371201 Reseda CA 3.90 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 3.90 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 3.90 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 3.80 000040302 MONCTON NB 3.80 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 3.80 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 3.80 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 3.40 060870007 Unknown CA 3.40 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 3.40 060690002 Unknown CA 3.40 060530002 Unknown CA 3.20 069999921 EBAM12 - Sac T CA 3.20 061131003 Woodland CA 3.20 061130004 Davis CA 3.20 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 3.20 060959999 Rio Vista CA 3.20 060953002 Vacaville CA 3.20 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 3.20 060870003 Unknown CA 3.20 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 3.20 060811001 Redwood City CA 3.20 060771002 Stockton - Hazelton Street CA 3.20 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 3.20 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 3.20 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 3.20 060670012 Folsom CA 3.20 060670011 Elk Grove CA 3.20 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 3.20 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 3.20 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 3.20 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 3.20 060410003 Point Reyes CA 3.20 060410001 San Rafael CA 3.20 060012004 Berkeley CA 3.20 060010011 Oakland West CA 3.20 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 3.10 000091901 Caroline AB 3.10 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 3.10 000090302 Red Deer AB 3.10 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 3.10 000090218 Calgary East AB 3.10 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 3.10 000090121 Edmonton East AB 3.10 000090120 Edmonton South AB 2.80 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 2.80 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 2.80 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 2.80 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 2.60 000063301 Dorset ON 2.50 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 2.50 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 2.40 000041302 BATHURST NB 2.10 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 2.10 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 2.10 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 2.10 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 1.90 000065201 Parry Sound ON 1.90 000063701 Grand Bend ON 1.90 000062501 Tiverton ON 1.90 000062001 North Bay ON 1.90 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON 1.90 000060609 Sudbury ON 1.80 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 1.80 080410017 Colorado College CO 1.70 040191113 Geronimo AZ 1.70 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 1.70 040191030 Green Valley AZ 1.60 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 1.60 060798001 Atascadero CA 1.60 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 1.60 060310004 Corcoran CA 1.60 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 1.60 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 1.50 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 1.50 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 1.50 080130003 Longmont CO 1.50 000091101 Elk Island AB 1.40 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 1.30 000090402 Medicine Hat - Crescent Hts AB 1.20 000090502 Lethbridge AB 0.80 061010003 Yuba City CA 0.80 060890007 Anderson CA 0.80 060570005 Grass Valley CA 0.80 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 0.80 060074001 Gridley CA 0.80 060072001 Paradise - Birch Street CA 0.80 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 0.60 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 0.60 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 0.50 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 0.50 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 0.50 060090001 San Andreas CA AIRNow 18Z yesterday 1-hr surface PM2.5 AIRNow yesterday maximum 1-hr surface PM2.5 Yesterday observed cloudiness (MODIS COT)