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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2019 Nov;30(6):789–798. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001089

Table 2.

Summary statistics for source-specific PM2.5 concentrations, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1, 1998 - December 23, 2010a

Source Minimum
μg/m3
Median
μg/m3
Mean
μg/m3
Maximum
μg/m3
Standard
deviation
Interquartile
range width
Correlation
between
ensemble
runs b
Biomass burning 0.000 (0.000) 1.877(0.019) 2.737(0.012) 32.103(5.933) 2.642(0.051) 2.689(0.030) 0.747
Primary coal combustion 0.000 (0.000) 0.097(0.001) 0.134(0.002) 1.687(0.273) 0.138(0.003) 0.138(0.002) 0.722
Dust/resuspended soil 0.000 (0.000) 0.250(0.001) 0.373(0.001) 9.378(1.562) 0.474(0.010) 0.248(0.002) 0.976
Diesel vehicles 0.000 (0.000) 0.883(0.012) 1.142(0.009) 12.343(1.259) 1.089(0.020) 1.091(0.015) 0.741
Gasoline vehicles 0.008 (0.009) 0.694(0.010) 0.858(0.004) 10.534(0.884) 0.759(0.007) 0.706(0.009) 0.783
Secondary organic carbon 0.000 (0.000) 1.453(0.012) 1.727(0.007) 27.578(1.071) 1.681(0.011) 2.097(0.032) 0.745

Results presented as mean(standard deviation)

a

Averaged across 10 ensemble runs.

b

Mean Spearman correlation calculated from all pairwise runs

For comparison, the distribution of total PM2.5, in μg/m, is: minimum 1.060, median 13.970, mean 15.473, maximum 72.560, standard deviation 7.936, interquartile range 9.915.