epa_createMonitorObject: Download and convert hourly EPA air quality data

In PWFSLSmoke: Utilities for Working with Air Quality Monitoring Data

Description

Convert EPA data into a ws_monitor object, ready for use with all monitor_~ functions.

Usage

epa_createMonitorObject(
  zipFile = NULL,
  zeroMinimum = TRUE,
  addGoogleMeta = TRUE
)

Arguments

zipFile	absolute path to monitoring data .zip file
zeroMinimum	logical specifying whether to convert negative values to zero
addGoogleMeta	logicial specifying wheter to use Google elevation and reverse geocoding services

Value

A ws_monitor object with EPA data.

Note

Before running this function you must first enable spatial data capabilities as in the example.

References

EPA AirData Pre-Generated Data Files

file format description

Examples

## Not run: 
# Fail gracefully if any resources are not available
try({

initializeMazamaSpatialUtils()
zipFile <- epa_downloadData(2016, "88101", downloadDir = '~/Data/EPA')
mon <- epa_createMonitorObject(zipFile, addGoogleMeta = FALSE)

}, silent = FALSE)

## End(Not run)

PWFSLSmoke documentation built on Nov. 23, 2021, 5:06 p.m.