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Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2018 Jan 8;177:175–186. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.01.014

Table 4. Non-linear (linear) univariate models with and without spatial autocorrelation for estimating seasonal total concentrations of six PAH speciesa.

Summer Winter

Variables Non-linear (linear) R2 Non-linear (linear) R2 with spatial corr. Non-linear (linear) R2 Non-linear (linear) R2 with spatial corr.
Emission related
 Land-use Proportion of heavy industrial land-use (4.5 km) 0.10 (0.10) 0.32 (0.32) 0.02 (0.03) 0.54(0.54)
Proportion of high-density residential land-use (150 m) 0.02 (0.01) 0.10(0.10) 0.08 (0.08) 0.54 (0.54)
Proportion of agricultural land-use (5 km) 0.01 (0.01) 0.14(0.03) 0.03 (0.02) 0.51 (0.51)
Proportion of park and recreational land-use (3.5 km) 0.01 (0.01) 0.06 (0.05) 0.25 (0.20) 0.25 (0.21)
 Traffic Shortest distance to freeway (m) 0.06 (0.02) 0.20 (0.20) 0.03 (0.02) 0.70 (0.57)
Roadway length (700 m buffer; m) 0.11(0.10) 0.03(0.03) 0.02 (0.02) 0.56 (0.56)
Traffic density (vehicles per km) 0.03 (0.02) 0.25 (0.25) 0.10 (0.07) 0.73 (0.56)
 Others Population density 0.02 (0.01) 0.12 (0.12) 0.01 (0.01) 0.51 (0.51)
Shortest distance to commercial cooking facilities 0.22 (0.12) 0.28 (0.2) 0.01 (0.01) 0.53 (0.53)
NDVI (150 m) 0.01 (0.00) 0.13 (0.12) 0.07 (0.06) 0.52 (0.52)

Meteorology
Temperature (°C) 0.04 (0.01) 0.22 (0.16) 0.08 (0.07) 0.63 (0.63)
Relative humidity 0.04 (0.04) 0.11 (0.12) 0.26 (0.01) 0.45 (0.46)
Wind speed (m/s) 0.02 (0.02) 0.27 (0.24) 0.25 (0.01) 0.48 (0.48)
a

Total PAH included fluorene, phenanthrene, anthracene, acenaphthene, fluoranthene, and pyrene.