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Table 2.

Parameters Included in LUR Models

Parameter Montreal Toronto
UFP number UFP size BC UFP number UFP size BC
Average traffic NOx emissions within 100 m x x x x
Total traffic NOx emissions within 100 m x x
Building area within 100 m x x x x x
Building area within 300 m x
Length of bus routes within 100 m x x x x x
Length of bus routes within 300 m x
Number of bus stops within 100 m x x x
Number of bus stops within 300 m x
Commercial area within 100 m x x x
Commercial area within 300 m x
Distance to nearest highway x
Distance to nearest NOx NPRI chimney x
Distance to nearest PM NPRI chimney x x x x x x
Distance to nearest port x x x
Distance to nearest railroad x x x
Distance to nearest shore x x x
Governmental area within 100 m x x x
Governmental area within 200 m x
Governmental area within 300 m x x
Length of highways within 300 m x x
Industrial area within 300 m x x x
Length of major roads within 100 m x x
Length of major roads within 300 m x x
Number of traffic intersections within 100 m x x x x
Number of traffic intersections within 200 m x
Number of NOx NPRI chimneys within 200 m x x x
Number of PM NPRI chimneys within 200 m x x
Open area within 100 m x x x
Open area within 300 m x x x
Park area within 100 m x x
Population within 100 m x x
Population within 300 m x x x x
Length of railroad within 100 m x
Length of railroad within 300 m x x
Residential area within 100 m x x x x x x
Number of restaurants within 200 m x
Number of restaurants within 300 m x x x x
Length of roads within 200 m x x x
Water area within 300 m x x x
Latitude x x x x x x
Longitude x x x x x x
Temperature x x x x x x
Wind speed x x x x x x
Humidity x x x x x x

BC = black carbon; LUR = land use regression; NOx = nitrogen oxides; NPRI = National Pollutant Release Inventory; PM = particulate matter; UFP = ultrafine particles.