Table 2

Spearman's correlations between average daily concentrations of air pollutants and temperature

PM10Black SmokePNC 0.01–0.03PNC 0.03–0.1PNC 0.1–0.3PNC 0.3–1.0PNC 1.0–3.2PNC 3.2–10NO2CO°C
All correlation coefficients, but those of PM10, black smoke, PNC 0.1–0.3, PNC 0.3–1.0, and NO2 with temperature, are significant at the p<0.05 level.
PM101.00.800.560.700.820.800.750.660.640.520.12
Black smoke1.00.740.870.870.810.880.800.880.80−0.12
PNC 0.01–0.031.00.920.530.370.890.900.880.81−0.54
PNC 0.03–0.11.00.750.580.980.940.920.87−0.43
PNC 0.1–0.31.00.920.790.680.690.71−0.12
PNC 0.3–1.01.00.610.500.560.60−0.09
PNC 1.0–3.21.00.950.910.84−0.34
PNC 3.2–101.00.880.79−0.32
NO21.00.85−0.17
CO1.0−0.43