Table 1.
Pollutant | Jefferson St., Atlanta (urban)
|
Yorkville, GA (rural)
|
Pearson R2 (urban-rural) |
||
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median | 25–75% quartile range | median | 25–75% quartile range | ||
1-hr max NO2 (ppb) | 42 | 31 – 52 | 8.2 | 5.0 – 14.3 | 0.025 |
1-hr max NOx (ppb) | 86 | 49 – 166 | 8.9 | 5.3 – 15.5 | 0.050 |
1-hr max CO (ppb) | 816 | 486 – 1,490 | 233 | 191 – 295 | 0.032 |
8-hr max O3 (ppb) | 40 | 25 – 57 | 47 | 35 – 62 | 0.786 |
1-hr max SO2 (ppb) | 12 | 6 – 24 | 6 | 4 – 11 | 0.009 |
avg PM10 (μg/m3) | 25 | 19 – 34 | 19 | 13 – 28 | 0.600 |
avg PM2.5 (μg/m3) | 16 | 11 – 21 | 12 | 8 – 17 | 0.725 |
avg PM2.5 ECa (μg/m3) | 1.3 | 0.8 – 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 – 0.9 | 0.189 |
avg PM2.5 OCa (μg/m3) | 3.8 | 2.7 – 5.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 – 4.0 | 0.350 |
avg PM2.5 NO3− (μg/m3) | 0.7 | 0.4 – 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 – 1.1 | 0.634 |
avg PM2.5 SO42− (μg/m3) | 3.9 | 2.4 – 6.1 | 3.7 | 2.2 – 6.4 | 0.844 |
TOR method