Table 1 Correlation coefficients between diversity of airborne bacterial communities and environmental/meteorological factors.

From: Airborne Bacterial Communities in Three East Asian Cities of China, South Korea, and Japan

 

Daily

MA2

MA3

MA8

Humidity (%)

−0.63

−0.61

−0.59

−0.50

Wind Speed (m/s)

0.36

0.50

0.59

0.56

Temperature (°C)

−0.51

−0.49

−0.49

−0.48

Frequency of northwest wind (%)

0.25

0.34

0.34

0.33

PM2.5 (μg/m3)*

0.09

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  1. Note: MA2, MA3, and MA8 represent the 2-, 3-, and 8-day moving averages, respectively.
  2. *PM2.5 concentrations were measured on a sampling day, thus no moving average was applied.
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