Table 4 Parameters of linear regressions obtained for six pairs of daily-averaged AODs at 500 nm wavelength for 21-year period (1997–2018) and small (0.01) value of the StDv threshold: number of days (N), square of correlation coefficient (R2), slope and mean difference (bias).

From: Harmonized and high-quality datasets of aerosol optical depth at a US continental site, 1997–2018

AOD pair

N

R2

Slope

Bias

1

2184

0.973

0.967

−0.003

2

2201

0.974

0.949

−0.002

3

1363

0.981

0.973

0.003

4

1727

0.986

0.997

−0.007

5

1721

0.988

0.992

−0.005

6

3006

0.989

0.978

0.001