Table 7 Correlation with the second-level air standard.

From: A new method for evaluating air quality using an ideal grey close function cluster correlation analysis method

Correlation coefficient and correlation degree

ζ1

ζ2

ζ3

ζ4

ζ5

R2

\(S_{1}^{\prime }\)

1.000

0.832

0.333

0.646

0.431

0.648

\(S_{2}^{\prime }\)

1.000

0.716

0.333

0.591

0.405

0.609

\(S_{3}^{\prime }\)

1.000

0.775

0.536

0.743

0.333

0.677