Research Article

Spatial Variation of the Relationship between PM2.5 Concentrations and Meteorological Parameters in China

Table 1

The results of the MLR between the PM2.5 concentrations and meteorological parameters from 2001 to 2010 ( = 333).

YearDependent variable ()Independent variableThe function*

2001PM2.5
concentrations
AAPAAT0.75 = −173.89 + 2448.35 + 10080.71
20020.67 = −134.55 + 2156.00 + 11490.86
20030.68 = −204.51 + 2582.41 + 13435.09
20040.72 = −78.11 + 1879.51 + 8523.51
20050.70 = −118.68 + 2228.16 + 10684.55
20060.71 = −196.71 + 2718.83 + 10189.49
20070.68 = −228.57 + 2747.42 + 12190.28
20080.69 = −188.33 + 2649.73 + 12271.67
20090.62 = −97.78 + 1750.89 + 11694.93
20100.66 = −147.55 + 2257.13 + 12510.72

*The functions were valid because they all passed the -test, and all the regression coefficients passed the -test (at the level of 0.05).