airnow_loadMonthly: Load monthly AirNow monitoring data

In AirMonitor: Air Quality Data Analysis

Load monthly AirNow monitoring data

Description

Loads pre-generated .rda files containing hourly AirNow data.

If archiveDataDir is defined, data will be loaded from this local archive. Otherwise, data will be loaded from the monitoring data repository maintained by the USFS AirFire team.

The files loaded by this function contain a single month's worth of data

For the most recent data in the last 10 days, use airnow_loadLatest().

For daily updates covering the most recent 45 days, use airnow_loadDaily().

For data extended more than 45 days into the past, use airnow_loadAnnual().

Pre-processed AirNow exists for the following parameters:

1. PM2.5

Usage

airnow_loadMonthly(
  monthStamp = NULL,
  archiveBaseUrl = paste0("https://airfire-data-exports.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/",
    "monitoring/v2"),
  archiveBaseDir = NULL,
  QC_negativeValues = c("zero", "na", "ignore"),
  parameterName = "PM2.5"
)

Arguments

monthStamp	Year-month [YYYYmm].
archiveBaseUrl	Base URL for monitoring v2 data files.
archiveBaseDir	Local base directory for monitoring v2 data files.
QC_negativeValues	Type of QC to apply to negative values.
parameterName	One of the EPA AQS criteria parameter names.

Value

A mts_monitor object with AirNow data. (A list with meta and data dataframes.)

AirMonitor documentation built on Aug. 26, 2023, 1:08 a.m.