An Assessment of the Efficiency of Dust Regional Modelling to Predict Saharan Dust Transport Episodes

Table 3

Contribution of transported dust to near surface PM10 levels¹.

Site	Case a			Case b			Case c			Case d
	S	R^2	N	S	R^2	N	S	R^2	N	S	R^2	N
Finokalia	1.48	0.44	33	3.69	0.64	45	2.61	0.74	17	5.32	0.82	18
Thrakomakedones	2.06	0.49	40	3.96	0.68	59	2.58	0.86	29	5.04	0.80	30
Volos	1.19	0.42	25	3.55	0.83	36	1.92	0.71	13	4.08	0.83	13
Panorama	1.80	0.85	12	3.77	0.95	12	1.99	0.92	10	3.94	0.97	10

1S: Slope of the regression line; R²: Squared Correlation Coefficient regarding the regression procedure; N: Number of Days included in the regression analysis.