Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.70 000061104 Peterborough ON 0.63 010735003 CORNER AL 0.61 000054501 L'Assomption QC 0.61 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 0.60 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 0.59 000090218 Calgary East AB 0.59 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.56 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 0.55 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.53 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 0.52 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 0.52 010731010 LEEDS AL 0.50 010732006 HOOVER AL 0.50 010731005 MCADORY AL #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 0.79 000062001 North Bay ON 0.73 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.66 000060104 Ottawa ON 0.63 010735002 PINSON AL 0.61 000065401 Belleville ON 0.59 000062501 Tiverton ON 0.55 000060303 Kingston ON 0.54 000065701 Morrisburg ON Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow diurn-avg surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.86 000090218 Calgary East AB 0.80 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 0.73 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.73 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.71 010731005 MCADORY AL 0.63 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.63 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 0.62 010732003 WYLAM AL 0.60 010732006 HOOVER AL 0.60 000054501 L'Assomption QC 0.57 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 0.57 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 0.55 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 0.53 010735003 CORNER AL 0.53 000061004 Sarnia ON #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 0.92 000061201 Cornwall ON 0.92 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 0.85 000063301 Dorset ON 0.84 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 0.82 060371201 Reseda CA 0.82 000090402 Medicine Hat - Crescent Hts AB 0.79 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 0.76 060530002 Unknown CA 0.76 000065001 Barrie ON 0.75 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 0.75 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 0.73 000091101 Elk Island AB 0.72 080130003 Longmont CO 0.71 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 0.69 060690002 Unknown CA 0.67 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 0.65 060374002 North Long Beach CA 0.64 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 0.63 000065301 Port Stanley ON 0.63 000061104 Peterborough ON 0.60 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 0.59 060870003 Unknown CA 0.59 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 0.59 000065801 Chatham ON 0.57 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 0.57 010735002 PINSON AL 0.56 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 0.56 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 0.54 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 0.52 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 0.52 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 0.51 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 0.50 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 0.50 060731002 Escondido CA Mean daytime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 67.30 000010401 Mount Pearl NF #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 36.60 000030310 SYDNEY NS 25.30 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 14.60 000040302 MONCTON NB 11.90 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 10.50 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 7.10 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 6.60 000041302 BATHURST NB 5.80 060870003 Unknown CA 4.80 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 3.70 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 3.40 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 2.70 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 1.80 060670011 Elk Grove CA 1.40 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 0.90 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 0.80 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA Mean nighttime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 30.10 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 1.10 000054501 L'Assomption QC 1.00 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 0.60 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 0.60 040191030 Green Valley AZ #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 39.20 000030310 SYDNEY NS 24.00 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 15.30 000040302 MONCTON NB 8.20 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 7.00 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 5.70 000041302 BATHURST NB 4.90 060690002 Unknown CA 4.20 040139812 Durango AZ 4.20 040134010 Dysart AZ 3.80 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 3.70 060870003 Unknown CA 3.40 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 3.30 060870007 Unknown CA 2.90 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 2.90 060530002 Unknown CA 2.60 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 2.30 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 2.30 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 2.20 060832011 GOLETA CA 2.10 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 2.10 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 2.00 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 2.00 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 1.70 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 1.70 000061104 Peterborough ON 1.40 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 1.20 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 1.10 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 1.10 060012004 Berkeley CA 1.00 000061201 Cornwall ON 1.00 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 0.80 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 0.70 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 0.50 060679991 Rancho Seco CA Mean observed daytime surface PM2.5 (6-hourly) #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 167.60 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 115.60 060771002 Stockton - Hazelton Street CA 88.10 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 77.20 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 65.30 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 59.10 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 55.30 040191034 Coachline AZ 35.20 061010003 Yuba City CA 33.20 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 32.50 000090120 Edmonton South AB 30.40 000090121 Edmonton East AB 28.70 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 27.60 060074001 Gridley CA 25.50 000090302 Red Deer AB 25.40 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 25.00 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 24.40 060571001 Truckee BAM CA 23.30 060953002 Vacaville CA 23.00 061131003 Woodland CA 23.00 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 23.00 010970003 CHICK. AL 21.00 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 19.90 040191113 Geronimo AZ 18.80 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 17.80 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 17.40 060410001 San Rafael CA 17.20 000090218 Calgary East AB 15.70 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 14.30 010732006 HOOVER AL 14.30 010732003 WYLAM AL 14.00 011011002 MONTG AL 13.90 010731010 LEEDS AL 12.70 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 12.20 000054501 L'Assomption QC 12.10 060271023 Bishop Paiute Tribe-CA CA 11.70 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 11.50 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 11.40 051190007 PARR AR 11.30 080410017 Colorado College CO 11.10 010731005 MCADORY AL 10.90 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 10.70 051390006 El Dorado AR 10.70 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 10.40 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 10.40 010735003 CORNER AL 9.70 050350005 MARION AR 9.70 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 9.60 000061004 Sarnia ON 9.20 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 8.80 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 8.10 000050801 Ursulines QC 6.50 040191030 Green Valley AZ 5.00 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 289.80 060410003 Point Reyes CA 176.30 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 174.20 060832011 GOLETA CA 132.90 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 127.10 060870007 Unknown CA 82.90 060530002 Unknown CA 77.90 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 65.30 060310004 Corcoran CA 65.30 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 53.80 060690002 Unknown CA 53.20 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 48.50 060731002 Escondido CA 35.90 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 31.50 061130004 Davis CA 30.50 060371201 Reseda CA 29.10 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 27.80 060890007 Anderson CA 27.50 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 27.30 060711004 Upland CA 26.60 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 25.40 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 23.80 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 23.30 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 23.10 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 21.20 060374002 North Long Beach CA 20.90 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 19.80 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 18.50 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 18.50 069999921 EBAM12 - Sac T CA 18.00 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 17.80 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 17.70 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 17.30 060811001 Redwood City CA 17.00 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 16.30 060012004 Berkeley CA 15.50 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 15.20 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 14.60 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 14.20 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 14.20 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 14.10 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 13.90 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 13.70 060959999 Rio Vista CA 13.40 000090402 Medicine Hat - Crescent Hts AB 13.00 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 12.90 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 12.80 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 12.40 000063701 Grand Bend ON 12.20 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 12.20 000065001 Barrie ON 12.10 060670012 Folsom CA 11.80 060010011 Oakland West CA 11.80 040139812 Durango AZ 11.30 000061502 Kitchener ON 11.20 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 11.20 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 11.10 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON 11.00 010735002 PINSON AL 10.70 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 10.50 000090502 Lethbridge AB 10.40 010331002 MSHOALS AL 10.40 000065801 Chatham ON 9.90 000061104 Peterborough ON 9.80 060090001 San Andreas CA 9.70 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 9.50 000061201 Cornwall ON 9.40 000065301 Port Stanley ON 9.20 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 8.90 060670011 Elk Grove CA 8.80 000060903 London ON 8.60 000061302 St. Catharines ON 8.50 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 8.30 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 8.20 000061402 Brantford ON 8.20 000030310 SYDNEY NS 7.90 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 7.80 040134010 Dysart AZ 7.60 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 7.60 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 7.50 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 7.20 080130003 Longmont CO 6.90 000063301 Dorset ON 6.80 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 6.70 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 6.50 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 5.40 060570005 Grass Valley CA 5.30 000091101 Elk Island AB 4.90 060870003 Unknown CA 4.80 000041302 BATHURST NB 4.80 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 4.10 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 3.80 000040302 MONCTON NB 3.30 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB Mean observed cloudiness (MODIS COT) RAQMS!dG!n 18Z yesterday surface PM2.5 #coincidences and Corr > 0.5 23.30 000030310 SYDNEY NS 20.20 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 15.70 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 15.60 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 13.60 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 11.00 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 11.00 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 11.00 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 11.00 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 11.00 060731002 Escondido CA 11.00 060711004 Upland CA 11.00 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 11.00 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 11.00 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 11.00 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 11.00 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 11.00 060374002 North Long Beach CA 11.00 060371201 Reseda CA 11.00 060371103 Los Angeles - N. Main Street CA 11.00 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 11.00 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 10.20 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 10.20 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 10.20 060832011 GOLETA CA 10.20 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 10.20 060831008 Santa Maria - Broadway CA 10.20 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 9.90 040191034 Coachline AZ 9.60 011011002 MONTG AL 8.00 010970003 CHICK. AL 7.10 069999921 EBAM12 - Sac T CA 7.10 061131003 Woodland CA 7.10 061130004 Davis CA 7.10 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 7.10 060959999 Rio Vista CA 7.10 060953002 Vacaville CA 7.10 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 7.10 060870003 Unknown CA 7.10 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 7.10 060811001 Redwood City CA 7.10 060771002 Stockton - Hazelton Street CA 7.10 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 7.10 060679991 Rancho Seco CA 7.10 060675003 Sloughhouse CA 7.10 060670012 Folsom CA 7.10 060670011 Elk Grove CA 7.10 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 7.10 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 7.10 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 7.10 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 7.10 060410003 Point Reyes CA 7.10 060410001 San Rafael CA 7.10 060012004 Berkeley CA 7.10 060010011 Oakland West CA 7.10 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 6.50 000061201 Cornwall ON 6.50 000054501 L'Assomption QC 6.50 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 6.50 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 6.10 000060104 Ottawa ON 6.00 000065701 Morrisburg ON 6.00 000060303 Kingston ON 5.90 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 5.70 060870007 Unknown CA 5.70 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 5.70 060690002 Unknown CA 5.70 060530002 Unknown CA 5.40 000065401 Belleville ON 5.40 000061104 Peterborough ON 4.90 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 4.90 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 4.90 000090121 Edmonton East AB 4.90 000090120 Edmonton South AB 4.70 000040302 MONCTON NB 4.70 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 4.70 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 4.70 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 4.60 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 4.60 040139812 Durango AZ 4.60 040138005 Estrella AZ 4.60 040134010 Dysart AZ 4.60 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 4.60 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 4.60 000065001 Barrie ON 4.60 000061502 Kitchener ON 4.60 000061402 Brantford ON 4.60 000061302 St. Catharines ON 4.60 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 4.60 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 4.00 000063301 Dorset ON 3.90 000090402 Medicine Hat - Crescent Hts AB 3.70 000091901 Caroline AB 3.70 000091101 Elk Island AB 3.70 000090302 Red Deer AB 3.70 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 3.70 000090218 Calgary East AB 3.60 010735003 CORNER AL 3.60 010735002 PINSON AL 3.60 010732006 HOOVER AL 3.60 010732003 WYLAM AL 3.60 010731010 LEEDS AL 3.60 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 3.30 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 3.30 060798001 Atascadero CA 3.30 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 3.30 060310004 Corcoran CA 3.30 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 3.30 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 3.30 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 3.30 010731005 MCADORY AL 3.30 010331002 MSHOALS AL 3.30 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 3.10 000090502 Lethbridge AB 3.10 000065801 Chatham ON 3.10 000065301 Port Stanley ON 3.10 000061004 Sarnia ON 3.10 000060903 London ON 3.10 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 3.10 000051501 Zéphirin QC 3.10 000050801 Ursulines QC 3.00 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 3.00 051390006 El Dorado AR 3.00 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 3.00 051190007 PARR AR 2.80 050350005 MARION AR 2.70 040191113 Geronimo AZ 2.70 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 2.70 040191030 Green Valley AZ 2.50 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 2.50 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 2.50 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 2.50 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 2.30 061010003 Yuba City CA 2.30 060890007 Anderson CA 2.30 060570005 Grass Valley CA 2.30 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 2.30 060074001 Gridley CA 2.30 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 2.10 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 2.10 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 2.00 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 2.00 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 2.00 000065201 Parry Sound ON 2.00 000062001 North Bay ON 2.00 000060609 Sudbury ON 1.90 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 1.90 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 1.90 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 1.90 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 1.90 080130003 Longmont CO 1.90 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 1.90 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 1.90 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 1.90 060090001 San Andreas CA 1.80 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 1.80 000041302 BATHURST NB 1.60 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 1.50 080410017 Colorado College CO 1.40 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 1.40 060571001 Truckee BAM CA 1.30 000063701 Grand Bend ON 1.30 000062501 Tiverton ON 1.20 060271023 Bishop Paiute Tribe-CA CA 1.00 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON AIRNow 18Z yesterday 1-hr surface PM2.5 AIRNow yesterday maximum 1-hr surface PM2.5 Yesterday observed cloudiness (MODIS COT)