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Table 5. Correlations between EMCs, FF ₄₀, rainfall and catchment characteristics.

	The characteristic parameters of rainfall						Catchment characteristics
Parameter	Type of pollutants	I _max5	I	ADD	R _Dur	R _D	CA	IMR
EMC	COD	0.015	0.417^*	0.058	-0.115	0.115	-0.19	0.66^**
	TSS	0.041	0.395^*	0.088	-0.169	0.076	-0.12	0.67^**
	TN	0.414^*	0.402^*	0.167	0.124	0.297	-0.30	0.58^**
	TP	0.271	0.466^**	0.101	-0.067	0.157	-0.22	0.48^**
FF ₄₀	COD	0.462^*	0.34	0.462^*	0.34	0.454^*	-0.10	0.02
	TSS	0.486^*	0.341	0.286	0.12	0.332	0.05	0.25
	TN	0.416^*	0.319	0.377^*	0.273	0.415^*	-0.35	-0.10
	TP	0.394^*	0.237	0.24	0.223	0.351	-0.16	0.20

I _max5: Max 5-min intensity,

I: Mean rainfall intensity,

R _Dur: Rainfall duration,

R _D: Rainfall depth,

ADD: Antecedent dry days,

CA: Catchment area,

IMR: Impervious rate.

**: P values<0.01,

*: P values <0.05.

Table 5. Correlations between EMCs, FF 40, rainfall and catchment characteristics.