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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Atmosphere (Basel). 2015 Dec 23;7(1):1. doi: 10.3390/atmos7010001

Table 4.

Average (±standard deviation) of two mass concentration ratios often applied to distinguish local dust from non-local dust (i.e., Asian dust). Statistics are calculated for three extreme event categories: non-Asian dust, Asian dust, and both Other and CM simultaneously.

Site Name PM10:PM2.5 Fe:Ca


Non-Asian Dust Asian Dust Other and CM Non-Asian Dust Asian Dust Other and CM
Chiricahua 0.32 ± 0.17 0.30 ± 0.10 0.19 ± 0.08 0.82 ± 0.35 0.88 ± 0.24 0.95 ± 0.30
Grand Canyon 0.38 ± 0.11 0.43 ± 0.11 0.34 ± 0.06 0.83 ± 0.27 0.79 ± 0.21 0.92 ± 0.19
Organ Pipe 0.27 ± 0.10 0.39 ± 0.08 0.20 ± 0.09 0.98 ± 0.35 0.81 ± 0.16 0.96 ± 0.43
Phoenix 0.35 ± 0.16 0.30 ± 0.08 0.20 ± 0.07 1.27 ± 0.28 1.02 ± 0.25 1.22 ± 0.26
Queen Valley 0.27 ± 0.17 0.30 ± 0.10 0.18 ± 0.05 1.04 ± 0.35 0.84 ± 0.13 1.09 ± 0.40
Saguaro NM 0.57 ± 0.36 0.39 ± 0.13 0.27 ± 0.04 0.79 ± 0.28 0.80 ± 0.15 0.89 ± 0.24
SaguaroWest 0.46 ± 0.26 0.31 ± 0.12 0.21 ± 0.06 0.95 ± 0.48 1.04 ± 0.38 1.02 ± 0.44
Tonto 0.35 ± 0.19 0.38 ± 0.14 0.23 ± 0.08 1.00 ± 0.31 0.86 ± 0.15 1.16 ± 0.38