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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2011 Mar 22;409(11):2133–2142. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.025

Table 4.

The seasonal and the day of week variations of the source contributions (μg/m3) by site

Site Source Types Average Source Contribution (SE)
Warm Season Cold Season Weekdays Weekends
Bridgeport Regional Sulfur 6.9 (0.5) 3.6 (0.2) 5.4 (0.4) 5.6 (0.5)
Motor Vehicle 3.1 (0.2) 5.5 (0.4) 4.5 (0.2) 3.2 (0.3)
Road Dust 1.4 (0.1) 0.8 (0.1) 1.3 (0.1) 0.9 (0.1)
Oil Combustion 1.4 (0.1) 2.3 (0.2) 1.8 (0.1) 1.7 (0.2)
Sea Salt 0.1 (0.0) 0.2 (0.1) 0.2 (0.0) 0.1 (0.0)

Danbury Regional Sulfur 7.4 (0.5) 4.3 (0.2) 6.0 (0.4) 6.3 (0.6)
Motor Vehicle 2.1 (0.2) 4.9 (0.4) 3.6 (0.3) 2.5 (0.3)
Road Dust 2.1 (0.2) 1.8 (0.2) 2.1 (0.1) 1.6 (0.2)
Oil Combustion 0.5 (0.0) 0.9 (0.1) 0.7 (0.1) 0.5 (0.1)
Sea Salt 0.2 (0.0) 0.5 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1) 0.3 (0.0)

Hartford Regional Sulfur 6.3 (0.3) 3.4 (0.1) 5.0 (0.2) 5.0 (0.3)
Motor Vehicle 2.1 (0.1) 4.3 (0.2) 3.4 (0.1) 2.3 (0.1)
Road Dust 0.9 (0.1) 0.6 (0.0) 0.8 (0.0) 0.7 (0.1)
Oil Combustion 1.4 (0.1) 3.2 (0.2) 2.3 (0.1) 1.9 (0.1)
Sea Salt 0.1 (0.0) 0.3 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0) 0.2 (0.0)

New Haven Regional Sulfur 8.9 (0.3) 4.7 (0.2) 7.0 (0.3) 7.3 (0.4)
Motor Vehicle 3.1 (0.1) 7.6 (0.3) 5.6 (0.2) 3.5 (0.2)
Road Dust 3.0 (0.1) 2.8 (0.1) 3.4 (0.1) 1.6 (0.1)
Oil Combustion 0.8 (0.0) 2.2 (0.1) 1.5 (0.1) 1.2 (0.1)
Sea Salt 0.1 (0.0) 0.7 (0.1) 0.4 (0.1) 0.4 (0.1)

Springfield Regional Sulfur 6.1 (0.4) 3.0 (0.2) 4.7 (0.3) 4.7 (0.4)
Motor Vehicle 2.2 (0.1) 5.4 (0.3) 4.0 (0.2) 2.7 (0.2)
Road Dust 1.6 (0.1) 1.1 (0.1) 1.5 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1)
Oil Combustion 1.1 (0.1) 3.5 (0.2) 2.4 (0.1) 1.7 (0.2)
Sea Salt 0.0 (0.0) 0.3 (0.0) 0.1 (0.0) 0.1 (0.0)