(BRAVO) Study: Final Report. - Desert Research Institute

Final Report — September 2004
Table 6-6. Multiple regression fits of factor scores and CM to BBEP daily average b ext .
Season
No. of
Days
Adj. R 2
Std. Dev.
of Error
Resulting Equation
Summer 46 0.74 7.6 b ext = 42.6 + 2.6(fRH*F1) + 13.9(F2)
Fall 55 0.88 7.0 b ext = 34.5 + 12.5(fRH*F2) + 4.5(F3) + 2.6(F5)
Despite differences between BIBE1 and BBEP, the factor analysis approach did
demonstrate that PM-fine sources explained most of the variance in optical b ext during
BRAVO, and that these sources were associated with many of the components in the
reconstruction equation. In both periods of the study, sulfate-related F 2 (possibly partially
attributed to coal combustion) explained most of the variance in b ext in the regression
formulas in Tables 6-4 and 6-6.
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