Table 1. Summary of temperature (mean), nitrogen oxides (mean), PM number concentrations (PNC; median), VCM corrected TEOM and MOUDI PM10 mass (mean) at primary school sampling sites.
| SchoolID | SiteType | Sampling Dates | Temp (°C) | NO/NO2 | NOx (µg m−3)(as NO2) | PNC (particlescm−3) | Raw TEOM PM10(µg m−3) | VCM TEOM PM10(µg m−3) | MOUDI PM10(µg m−3) |
| A | SU | Feb 22–29, 2008 | NA | 0.30 (0.05; 1.30) | 62.3 (13.4; 265.5) | 8,147 (3,437; 28,263) | 14.0 (4.5; 27.3) | 17.1 (6.8; 30.4) | 13.2 |
| Feb 29–Mar 6, 2008 | NA | 0.17 (0.00; 0.53) | 33.4 (3.7; 122.7) | 6,428 (1,270; 17,513) | 13.5 (3.0; 23.8) | 14.4 (4.3; 26.5) | 11.6 | ||
| B | UB | Jan 30–Feb 6, 2008 | 6.8 (1.7; 11.7) | 0.09 (0.00; 0.36) | 35.9 (7.5; 96.2) | 16,249 (3,268; 86,742) | 14.7 (4.1; 26.1) | 14.0 (2.0; 25.8) | 11.6 |
| Jan 6–14, 2008 | 7.5 (1.6; 16.0) | 0.90 (0.03; 2.89) | 184.8 (26.8; 514.8) | 25,447 (5,670; 51,984) | 27.7 (11.1; 52.8) | 36.5 (16.2; 68.0) | 25.2 | ||
| C | UB | Jan 9–16, 2008 | 9.1 (4.8; 11.4) | 0.11 (0.00; 0.32) | 36.0 (8.3; 87.3) | 14,110 (3,271; 29,446) | 14.3 (2.0; 26.6) | 14.4 (3.3; 26.1) | 12.2 |
| Jan 16–25, 2008 | 7.6 (4.8; 11.7) | 0.16 (0.00; 0.76) | 50.2 (6.8; 176.4) | 8,796 (2,323; 33,547) | 23.9 (5.5; 75.4) | 23.9 (5.3; 78.9) | 18.0 | ||
| D | UB | Dec 12–19, 2007 | 2.9 (−1.5; 5.6) | 0.99 (0.06; 3.28) | 187.5 (31.1; 672.8) | 26,559 (6,260; 71,742) | 26.1 (12.9; 47.6) | 36.8 (22.1; 62.8) | 22.0 |
| Jan 3–9, 2008 | 7.2 (3.5; 10.3) | 0.23 (0.03; 0.69) | 38.5 (5.2; 103.1) | 7,025 (2,118; 27,091) | 21.0 (7.5; 51.6) | 27.7 (7.0; 67.4) | 14.3 | ||
| E | RS | Mar 6–13, 2008 | 8.7 (5.8; 12.7) | 0.44 (0.10; 0.96) | 67.3 (21.6; 152.4) | 13,822 (4,847; 30,435) | 19.1 (6.0; 36.4) | 19.4 (5.8; 35.7) | 12.5 |
| Mar 13–19, 2008 | 7.9 (2.8; 14.3) | 0.56 (0.10; 1.20) | 91.8 (23.2; 216.0) | 15,495 (5,119; 38,350) | 18.2 (8.4; 31.7) | 21.9 (10.7; 38.4) | 14.3 | ||
| F | RS | Nov 14–21, 2007 | 6.2 (−0.1; 11.1) | 1.81 (0.33; 4.20) | 343.3 (24.2; 1140) | 46,004 (6,169; 159,633) | NA | NA | 24.5 |
| Nov 21–28, 2007 | 6.3 (−0.1; 11.1) | 0.88 (0.05; 2.56) | 147.8 (29.6 424.3) | 30,549 (8,024; 137,295) | 26.2 | ||||
| G | RS | Nov 28–Dec 5, 2007 | 11.4 (8.6; 15.0) | 0.58 (0.15; 1.06) | 83.6 (12.1; 231.9) | 9,779 (2,175; 33,001) | NA | NA | 12.1 |
| Dec 5–12, 2007 | 9.0 (2.1; 15.4) | 0.85 (0.16; 2.84) | 156.9 (12.4; 716.8) | 17,859 (2,714; 82,569) | 15.2 |
The associated 5th and 95th percentiles are also given in brackets for semi-continuous measurements. Note: SU, sub-urban; UB: urban background; RS, roadside; NA, not available.