Table 1

Correlations between pollutants using Kriging estimates at the base

COPM10NO2SO2O3
Across bases (N = 935 base*year observations)
CO1
PM10  0.53031
NO2  0.5106    0.39981
SO2  0.0821    0.0684  0.24141
O3−0.0208  0.228  0.1447  0.35931
In sample (weighted by population in base N = 159,275)
CO1
PM10  0.54941
NO2  0.1982  0.0891
SO2  0.2727    0.3377  0.41651
O3−0.0307    0.1438  0.1438  0.27231
  • These correlations are based on spatial predictions using Kriging and thus might be quite different in reality. But since monitors for different pollutants do not overlap, the real correlations at particular locations are not known.