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Table 1 Means (standard deviations) for pollutant concentrations and meteorological variables in each SOM category, Atlanta, GA, 1999 to 2008

From: Exploring associations between multipollutant day types and asthma morbidity: epidemiologic applications of self-organizing map ambient air quality classifications

SOM [X,Y]

CO (ppm)

NO2 (ppb)

NOx (ppb)

O3 (ppb)

SO2 (ppb)

PM2.5 EC (μg/m3)

PM2.5 OC (μg/m3)

PM2.5 NH4 (μg/m3)

PM2.5 NO3 (μg/m3)

PM2.5 SO4 (μg/m3)

PM10 (μg/m3)

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

TEMP (C)

DEWTMP (C)

[1, 1]

0.5 (0.3)

26.3 (7.8)

44 (23)

31.1 (11.9)

8.5 (8.5)

0.7 (0.3)

2.3 (0.8)

0.9 (0.4)

0.6 (0.4)

2.6 (1.1)

16 (6.5)

9.1 (2.9)

16.1 (7.6)

10.5 (9.1)

[1, 2]

1.1 (0.5)

45.1 (8.7)

119.7 (55.9)

35.1 (12.9)

10 (7.7)

1.2 (0.5)

3.6 (1.1)

0.9 (0.4)

0.9 (0.5)

2.6 (1.1)

20.3 (7.6)

11.9 (3.3)

14.4 (6.3)

6.6 (8.4)

[1, 3]

0.8 (0.5)

36.7 (9.4)

91.8 (54.8)

21.2 (10.8)

12.8 (12)

1.3 (0.6)

3.8 (1.8)

1.7 (0.7)

2.8 (1)

3.6 (1.7)

20 (8)

16.1 (6.1)

6.9 (5.3)

1.2 (7.8)

[2, 1]

0.7 (0.4)

34.1 (10.2)

58.3 (31.3)

56.2 (13.5)

9.5 (9)

1.2 (0.4)

3.7 (1)

2.2 (0.6)

0.5 (0.3)

6.7 (1.9)

28.2 (7.1)

18.7 (4.2)

24.2 (3.7)

17.1 (4.2)

[2, 2]

0.9 (0.6)

41 (10.5)

95.4 (57)

36.5 (16.1)

48.8 (17.1)

1.1 (0.6)

3.1 (1.1)

1.3 (0.6)

0.9 (0.6)

3.8 (2.1)

20.6 (8.1)

13.2 (5.3)

13.8 (8.9)

5.8 (10.5)

[2, 3]

2.4 (0.7)

53.3 (12.2)

308.8 (100.5)

30.9 (14.2)

18.4 (14)

2.6 (0.9)

6.1 (1.7)

1.1 (0.5)

1.3 (0.7)

3 (1.5)

27 (8.4)

18.6 (5.1)

11.9 (5.3)

3.4 (6.9)

[3, 1]

1.2 (0.5)

49.5 (13.4)

109.3 (59.2)

78.6 (18.5)

17.1 (14.3)

2 (0.7)

5.5 (1.7)

4.1 (1)

0.7 (0.4)

12.5 (2.9)

43.5 (9.9)

31.6 (5.8)

26.2 (3)

18.5 (2.9)

[3, 2]

1.4 (0.5)

57.7 (11.6)

158.8 (64.9)

64.7 (15.5)

12.9 (9.9)

2 (0.7)

5.4 (1.5)

2 (0.6)

0.7 (0.3)

5.6 (1.8)

33 (8.6)

20.6 (4.6)

21.7 (4.3)

12.6 (5.3)

[3, 3]

3.3 (0.9)

72.9 (20)

444.2 (130.2)

36.6 (19.7)

23.7 (16.3)

4.5 (1.5)

11 (3.9)

1.8 (1.2)

1.6 (0.9)

4.9 (3.2)

43.9 (16.9)

29.9 (9.6)

13.9 (5.5)

4.8 (7.4)

Overall

1.1 (0.8)

41 (15.8)

116.4 (109.1)

42.6 (21.3)

14.6 (15.1)

1.4 (1)

4 (2.3)

1.6 (1.1)

0.9 (0.8)

4.6 (3.2)

24.8 (11.7)

16.2 (7.9)

17.2 (8.1)

10 (9.1)