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Atmosphere 2012, 3, 266-287; doi:10.3390/atmos3020266 OPEN ACCESS atmosphere ISSN 2073-4433 /journal/atmosphere Article An Examination of the Sensitivity of Sulfur Dioxide, Nitric Oxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations to the Important Factors Affecting Air Quality Inside a Public Transportation Bus Akhil Kadiyala and Ashok Kumar * Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA; E-Mail: akadiya@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: akumar@; Tel.: +1-419-530-8136; Fax: +1-419-530-8116. Received: 16 April 2012; in revised form: 30 May 2012 / Accepted: 7 June 2012 / Published: 15 June 2012 Abstract: The present study examined the sensitivity of sulfur dioxide (SO ), nitric oxide 2 (NO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO ) concentrations to the important factors affecting air 2 quality inside a public transportation bus. Additionally, this study quantified the in-bus contaminant concentrations in relation to the ranked statistically significant variables. The independent variables to which the monitored contaminant concentrations are the most sensitive to were determined using regression trees and the analysis of variance. A comprehensive one-year database, of the monitored contaminant concentrations and the independent factors that affe