get_airnow_area: Get air quality data for a given region

In airnow: Retrieve 'AirNow' Air Quality Observations and Forecasts

Get air quality data for a given region

Description

get_airnow_area() retrieves the most recent air quality readings from sites in a specified region.

Usage

get_airnow_area(
  box,
  parameters = "pm25",
  start_time = NULL,
  end_time = NULL,
  monitor_type = "both",
  data_type = c("aqi", "concentrations", "both"),
  verbose = FALSE,
  raw_concentrations = FALSE,
  clean_names = TRUE,
  api_key = get_airnow_token()
)

Arguments

box	Four-element numeric vector specifying a bounding box for the region of interest. Format is (minX, minY, maxX, maxY), where X and Y are longitude and latitude, respectively.
parameters	Parameter(s) to return data for. Choices are PM_2.5 (pm25: default), ozone, PM_10 (pm10), CO (co), NO2 (no2), and SO2 (so2).
start_time	Optional. The date and time (UTC) at the start of the time period requested. If specified, end_time must also be given. If not specified, the most recent past hour is used.
end_time	Optional. The date and time (UTC) at the end of the time period requested. If specified, start_time must also be given. If not specified, the following hour is used.
monitor_type	Type of monitor to be returned, either "permanent", "mobile", or "both" (default).
data_type	Type of data to be returned, either "aqi" (default), "concentrations", or "both".
verbose	Logical value indicating whether or not to include additional site information including Site Name, Agency Name, AQS ID, and Full AQS ID (default: FALSE)
raw_concentrations	Logical value indicating whether or not raw hourly concentration data should be included (default: FALSE)
clean_names	Whether or not column names should be cleaned (default: TRUE)
api_key	AirNow API key

Value

A data frame with current air quality conditions

Examples

## Not run: 
# Get air quality data around Washington state
get_airnow_area(box = c(-125.394211, 45.295897, -116.736984, 49.172497))

## End(Not run)

airnow documentation built on Oct. 31, 2022, 5:06 p.m.