Correlation between RAQMS!dG!n and AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 0.74 000061004 Sarnia ON 0.70 000061104 Peterborough ON 0.69 000061402 Brantford ON 0.66 000062501 Tiverton ON 0.66 000061302 St. Catharines ON 0.65 000061502 Kitchener ON 0.62 000060903 London ON 0.62 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 0.61 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 0.61 000065401 Belleville ON 0.60 000065701 Morrisburg ON 0.59 000060609 Sudbury ON 0.59 000060303 Kingston ON 0.59 000051501 Zéphirin QC 0.57 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.57 000063701 Grand Bend ON 0.55 000065001 Barrie ON 0.55 000063301 Dorset ON 0.55 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 0.54 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.54 000060104 Ottawa ON 0.52 000062001 North Bay ON 0.51 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 0.51 060530002 Unknown CA #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 0.98 000061004 Sarnia ON 0.93 000061104 Peterborough ON 0.89 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 0.89 000062501 Tiverton ON 0.89 000061402 Brantford ON 0.89 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 0.88 000060303 Kingston ON 0.87 000063701 Grand Bend ON 0.87 000051501 Zéphirin QC 0.85 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 0.84 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 0.82 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 0.82 000065401 Belleville ON 0.79 000065701 Morrisburg ON 0.79 000065001 Barrie ON 0.79 000063301 Dorset ON 0.77 000060609 Sudbury ON 0.73 000065201 Parry Sound ON 0.72 000062001 North Bay ON 0.72 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 0.71 010732006 HOOVER AL 0.71 000054501 L'Assomption QC 0.69 000060903 London ON 0.68 060890007 Anderson CA 0.66 000061201 Cornwall ON 0.64 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 0.62 000065801 Chatham ON 0.59 061130004 Davis CA 0.56 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 0.52 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 0.52 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 0.51 061131003 Woodland CA 0.50 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 0.90 000061502 Kitchener ON 0.88 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 0.80 080130003 Longmont CO 0.80 000061302 St. Catharines ON 0.78 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 0.77 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 0.77 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 0.75 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 0.74 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 0.69 000060104 Ottawa ON 0.61 060530002 Unknown CA 0.60 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 0.60 011011002 MONTG AL 0.58 000090121 Edmonton East AB 0.57 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 0.57 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 0.56 060670011 Elk Grove CA 0.54 000091101 Elk Island AB 0.54 000090120 Edmonton South AB 0.53 060690002 Unknown CA 0.51 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 0.50 000091901 Caroline AB Mean daytime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 17.30 000030310 SYDNEY NS 7.20 060410003 Point Reyes CA 7.00 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 6.30 061131003 Woodland CA 6.30 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 5.30 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 4.50 060798001 Atascadero CA 4.40 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 4.20 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 3.60 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 3.60 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 2.60 000040302 MONCTON NB 2.30 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 1.40 061130004 Davis CA #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 16.80 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 16.10 060870007 Unknown CA 15.40 060530002 Unknown CA 13.50 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 10.70 060953002 Vacaville CA 8.20 060410001 San Rafael CA 8.00 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 8.00 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 7.80 060811001 Redwood City CA 7.60 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 7.30 060670011 Elk Grove CA 6.30 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 6.10 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 5.70 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 5.40 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 5.10 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 5.00 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 4.10 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 3.30 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 2.70 060010011 Oakland West CA 1.10 060731002 Escondido CA 1.10 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 1.00 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB Mean nighttime bias of RAQMS!dG!n from AIRNow 1-hr surface PM2.5 #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 12.60 060832011 GOLETA CA 10.50 000030310 SYDNEY NS 9.10 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 8.80 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 8.00 061131003 Woodland CA 7.60 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 6.90 060410003 Point Reyes CA 6.60 060798001 Atascadero CA 6.60 060670012 Folsom CA 5.80 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 5.60 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 5.50 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 4.90 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 2.60 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 2.40 061130004 Davis CA 1.50 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 0.70 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 0.50 000040103 FREDERICTON NB #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 17.70 060530002 Unknown CA 16.60 060870007 Unknown CA 14.60 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 13.50 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 12.70 060690002 Unknown CA 12.10 060953002 Vacaville CA 9.60 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 9.60 060410001 San Rafael CA 9.40 060811001 Redwood City CA 9.10 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 8.60 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 8.50 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 8.40 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 7.40 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 7.30 060670011 Elk Grove CA 6.70 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 5.90 060010011 Oakland West CA 3.80 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 1.80 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 1.80 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 1.20 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS Mean observed daytime surface PM2.5 (6-hourly) #coincidences >30 and Corr > 0.5 295.70 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 102.20 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 97.00 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 78.00 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 72.20 060832011 GOLETA CA 67.70 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 59.40 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 51.20 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 50.20 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 27.30 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 24.60 000054501 L'Assomption QC 24.50 010730023 NO. BHAM AL 24.00 060731006 Alpine CA 23.80 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 23.60 000061004 Sarnia ON 23.30 010732006 HOOVER AL 22.20 010331002 MSHOALS AL 22.00 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 21.90 060890007 Anderson CA 21.80 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 21.70 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 21.40 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 21.10 051190007 PARR AR 20.30 010735002 PINSON AL 20.20 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 19.60 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 19.40 060670012 Folsom CA 18.50 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 18.30 060730003 El Cajon - Redwood Ave CA 18.30 040139812 Durango AZ 17.80 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 17.80 010970003 CHICK. AL 17.50 000041302 BATHURST NB 17.30 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 17.20 061130004 Davis CA 17.20 040132001 Glendale Community College AZ 17.10 051390006 El Dorado AR 16.50 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 15.30 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 15.10 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 15.10 000051501 Zéphirin QC 15.00 040191113 Geronimo AZ 14.90 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 14.90 000060303 Kingston ON 14.60 040191034 Coachline AZ 14.60 000065301 Port Stanley ON 14.50 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 14.20 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 14.20 000061104 Peterborough ON 14.10 000061201 Cornwall ON 14.00 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 13.80 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 13.70 000065701 Morrisburg ON 13.60 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 13.60 000065801 Chatham ON 13.30 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 13.30 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 13.10 000061402 Brantford ON 13.00 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 12.90 000065001 Barrie ON 12.90 000060903 London ON 12.80 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 12.70 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 12.60 000063701 Grand Bend ON 12.30 061131003 Woodland CA 12.00 000062001 North Bay ON 11.80 000040302 MONCTON NB 11.60 000065201 Parry Sound ON 11.60 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON 11.50 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 11.30 060410003 Point Reyes CA 11.30 000065401 Belleville ON 11.20 000063301 Dorset ON 11.00 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 10.90 080410017 Colorado College CO 10.90 000060609 Sudbury ON 10.80 040138005 Estrella AZ 10.70 060798001 Atascadero CA 10.50 000062501 Tiverton ON 10.20 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 9.80 040134010 Dysart AZ 9.30 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 8.50 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 7.30 000030310 SYDNEY NS #coincidences 10-30 and Corr > 0.5 282.50 040191030 Green Valley AZ 163.50 060959999 Rio Vista CA 80.00 061010003 Yuba City CA 43.30 000090302 Red Deer AB 31.00 010732003 WYLAM AL 30.40 060711004 Upland CA 30.00 060690002 Unknown CA 30.00 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 29.40 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 27.10 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 25.90 060371201 Reseda CA 25.80 060374002 North Long Beach CA 25.50 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 24.20 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 24.10 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 24.00 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 22.00 060590007 Anaheim CA 21.80 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 21.40 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 20.80 050350005 MARION AR 20.60 010731010 LEEDS AL 20.50 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 18.70 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 18.50 060731002 Escondido CA 17.20 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 17.20 010731005 MCADORY AL 16.90 060074001 Gridley CA 16.80 060010011 Oakland West CA 16.30 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 16.00 011011002 MONTG AL 15.60 060631007 Chester BAM CA 15.60 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 14.60 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 14.60 010735003 CORNER AL 14.30 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 14.00 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 13.80 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 13.50 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 13.20 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 13.20 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 13.00 000061502 Kitchener ON 13.00 000061302 St. Catharines ON 12.80 060811001 Redwood City CA 12.80 060530002 Unknown CA 12.60 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 12.40 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 12.20 000090502 Lethbridge AB 11.90 060410001 San Rafael CA 11.80 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 11.70 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 11.60 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 11.50 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 11.00 060990006 Turlock - S. Minaret Street CA 10.80 060670011 Elk Grove CA 10.80 000060104 Ottawa ON 10.70 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 10.50 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 10.40 000090121 Edmonton East AB 10.10 000090402 Medicine Hat - Crescent Hts AB 9.80 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 9.50 060870007 Unknown CA 9.00 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 8.90 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 8.90 000090120 Edmonton South AB 8.90 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 8.70 060953002 Vacaville CA 8.40 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 8.40 000091901 Caroline AB 7.70 080130003 Longmont CO 6.50 000094301 Cold Lake South AB 4.20 000091101 Elk Island AB 4.00 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB Mean observed cloudiness (MODIS COT) RAQMS!dG!n 18Z yesterday surface PM2.5 #coincidences and Corr > 0.5 39.30 000010401 Mount Pearl NF 20.20 060731010 San Diego - Beardsley Street CA 16.80 000030310 SYDNEY NS 16.60 060870007 Unknown CA 16.60 060850002 Gilory - 9th Street CA 16.60 060690002 Unknown CA 16.60 060530002 Unknown CA 14.40 061113001 El Rio - Rio Mesa School #2 CA 14.40 061111004 Ojai - Ojai Ave. CA 14.40 060832011 GOLETA CA 14.40 060832004 Lompoc H Street CA 14.40 060830011 Santa Barbara CA 9.30 000060204 Windsor Downtown ON 9.20 011011002 MONTG AL 9.20 000020401 SOUTHAMPTON PE 8.90 000065801 Chatham ON 8.90 000065301 Port Stanley ON 8.90 000061004 Sarnia ON 8.90 000060903 London ON 8.30 061131003 Woodland CA 8.30 061130004 Davis CA 8.30 060970003 Santa Rosa - 5th Street CA 8.30 060959999 Rio Vista CA 8.30 060953002 Vacaville CA 8.30 060950004 Vallejo - 304 Tuolumne Street CA 8.30 060850005 San Jose - Jackson St. CA 8.30 060811001 Redwood City CA 8.30 060750005 San Francisco - Arkansas Street CA 8.30 060670012 Folsom CA 8.30 060670011 Elk Grove CA 8.30 060670010 Sacramento - T Street CA 8.30 060670006 Sacramento - Del Paso Manor CA 8.30 060610006 Roseville - N.Sunrise/Douglas CA 8.30 060550003 Napa - Jefferson St CA 8.30 060410003 Point Reyes CA 8.30 060410001 San Rafael CA 8.30 060010011 Oakland West CA 8.30 060010007 Livermore - Rincon CA 7.60 060731006 Alpine CA 7.60 060730003 El Cajon - Redwood Ave CA 7.60 060250005 Calexico - Ethel Street CA 7.50 061112002 Simi Valley - Cochran Street CA 7.50 061110009 Piru - Pacific CA 7.50 061110007 Thousand Oaks - Moorpark Road CA 7.50 060731008 Camp Pendleton CA 7.50 060731002 Escondido CA 7.50 060711004 Upland CA 7.50 060710005 Lake Gregory - Crestline CA 7.50 060659001 Lake Elsinore - W. Flint Street CA 7.50 060658001 Riverside - Rubidoux CA 7.50 060651003 Riverside - Magnolia CA 7.50 060590007 Anaheim CA 7.50 060376012 Santa Clarita CA 7.50 060374002 North Long Beach CA 7.50 060371201 Reseda CA 7.50 060371002 Burbank - W. Palm Ave CA 7.50 060370016 Glendora - Laurel CA 6.90 061072002 Visalia - N. Church Street CA 6.90 060798001 Atascadero CA 6.90 060792004 Mesa 2 /Nipomo CA 6.90 060290014 Bakersfield - 5558 California Ave CA 6.90 060190008 Fresno - 1st Street CA 5.80 000065001 Barrie ON 5.80 000061502 Kitchener ON 5.80 000061402 Brantford ON 5.80 000061302 St. Catharines ON 5.80 000060512 Hamilton Downtown ON 5.80 000060424 Toronto Downtown ON 5.70 010970003 CHICK. AL 5.70 000063701 Grand Bend ON 5.70 000062501 Tiverton ON 5.00 060650012 Banning - South Hathaway Street CA 4.50 040139998 Vehicle Emissions Laboratory AZ 4.50 040139812 Durango AZ 4.50 040138005 Estrella AZ 4.50 040134010 Dysart AZ 4.50 040134003 South Phoenix AZ 4.50 040132001 Glendale Community College AZ 4.50 040130019 West Phoenix AZ 4.50 000061201 Cornwall ON 4.50 000054501 L'Assomption QC 4.50 000054401 Saint-Anicet QC 4.50 000052301 Saint-Faustin QC 4.30 040191034 Coachline AZ 3.80 010731009 PROVIDENCE AL 3.80 010731005 MCADORY AL 3.80 010331002 MSHOALS AL 3.70 000054703 Bécancour (Aréna) QC 3.70 000051501 Zéphirin QC 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 3.50 060990006 Turlock - S. Minaret Street CA 3.50 060990005 Modesto - 14th Street CA 3.50 060431001 Yosemite Village - Visitor Center CA 3.50 000060709 Sault Ste Marie ON 3.40 061010003 Yuba City CA 3.40 060890007 Anderson CA 3.40 060631007 Chester BAM CA 3.40 060570005 Grass Valley CA 3.40 060210002 Willows - E. Laurel Street CA 3.40 060074001 Gridley CA 3.40 060070002 Chico - Manzanita CA 3.40 000065401 Belleville ON 3.40 000061104 Peterborough ON 3.30 000065701 Morrisburg ON 3.30 000060303 Kingston ON 3.20 061070009 Sequoia/Kings Canyon - Ash Mountain CA 3.20 060271018 Lone Pine Paiute/Shoshone Tribe-CA CA 3.10 000040901 ST ANDREWS NB 3.10 000040801 CANTERBURY NB 3.10 000040302 MONCTON NB 3.10 000030701 AYLESFORD MOUNTAIN NS 3.10 000020301 WELLINGTON PE 3.10 000020104 CHARLOTTETOWN PE 2.90 000065201 Parry Sound ON 2.90 000062001 North Bay ON 2.90 000060609 Sudbury ON 2.80 060639901 Quincy BAM CA 2.70 000060104 Ottawa ON 2.70 000040209 CASTLE ST. SAINT JO NB 2.70 000040207 SAINT JOHN WEST NB 2.70 000040203 FOREST HILLS NB 2.70 000040103 FREDERICTON NB 2.60 000041302 BATHURST NB 2.40 000063301 Dorset ON 2.10 051430005 SPRNGDLE AR 2.00 051390006 El Dorado AR 2.00 051191008 ADEQ-DSR AR 2.00 051190007 PARR AR 1.90 000090601 Fort Saskatchewan AB 1.90 000090130 Edmonton Central AB 1.90 000090121 Edmonton East AB 1.90 000090120 Edmonton South AB 1.80 080770017 Grand Junction - Powell Building CO 1.70 000090502 Lethbridge AB 1.60 050350005 MARION AR 1.40 080310025 Denver Animal Shelter - 678 S. Jason St. CO 1.40 080310013 Denver - NJH - 14th Ave. & Albion St. CO 1.40 080310002 Denver - CAMP - 2105 Broadway CO 1.40 080010006 Commerce City - 7101 Birch St. CO 1.40 040191113 Geronimo AZ 1.40 040191032 Rose Elementary AZ 1.40 040191030 Green Valley AZ 1.40 000091901 Caroline AB 1.40 000091101 Elk Island AB 1.40 000090302 Red Deer AB 1.40 000090222 Calgary Northwest AB 1.30 080350004 Chatfield Park - 11500 N. Roxborough Par CO 1.30 080131001 Boulder - CU - 2102 Athens St. CO 1.30 080130003 Longmont CO 1.10 000090402 Medicine Hat - Crescent Hts AB 1.00 080410017 Colorado College CO 0.70 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)