Table 3.
Annual mean Partial (Spearman) Correlations of AOD from AERONET, MERRA/MODIS/MISR and CAM-chem.
| Control Variables | AERONET AOD 550 nm |
MERRA AOD 500 nm |
MODIS MISR AOD AOD 550 green 558 nm nm |
CAM-chem AOD 550 nm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | AERONET AOD 550 nm |
Correlation Significance (2tailed) |
1.000 . |
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| df | 0 | ||||||
| MERRA AOD 500 nm | Correlation Significance (2tailed) |
.149 .702 |
1.000 . |
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| df | 7 | 0 | |||||
| MODIS AOD 550 nm | Correlation Significance (2tailed) |
.423 .257 |
.794 .011 |
1.000 . |
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| df | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| MISR AOD green 558 nm | Correlation Significance (2tailed) |
.402 .284 |
.491 .179 |
.789 .011 |
1.000 . |
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| df | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||
| CAM-chem AOD 550 nm | Correlation Significance (2tailed) |
.529 .143 |
.517 .154 |
.287 .454 |
.401 .285 |
1.000 . |
|
| df | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||