Research Article

The Evolution of Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Carbon Monoxide Concentrations in the Metropolitan Area of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Table 4

Regression equation for CO concentration (CO), temperature (), relative humidity (), and wind speed (). and value refer to the regression equation. An alternative regression equation is calculated when a variable coefficient does not have a 95% confidence interval.

StationRegression equation (%) valueAlternative regression equation (%) value

SP1CO = 4.703 − 0.0347T − 0.0242RH − 0.305W20.00.0CO = 4.547 − 0.0376T − 0.0276RH17.80.0
SP3CO = 3.029 − 0.0703T − 0.0052RH − 0.2683W41.10.0CO = 2.626 − 0.0724T − 0.239W40.00.0
SP8CO = 5.765 − 0.0746T − 0.0292RH − 0.604W49.90.0
SP11CO = 2.779 + 0.0265T − 0.011RH − 0.813W87.30.002
CACO = 2.705 − 0.0258T − 0.0083RH − 0.3864W81.90.0
SCCO = 5.297 − 0.0663T − 0.0305RH − 0.089W35.70.0CO = 5.163 − 0.0676T − 0.0302RH35.50.0