sensor_isSensor: Test for correct structure in a _sensor_ object

In MazamaScience/AirSensor: Process and Display Data from Air Quality Sensors

Test for correct structure in a sensor object

Description

The sensor is checked for the 'sensor' class name and presence of core metadata columns:

• ID – Purple Air ID

• label – location label

• sensorType – PurpleAir sensor type

• longitude – decimal degrees E

• latitude – decimal degrees N

• timezone – Olson timezone

• countryCode – ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

• stateCode – ISO 3166-2 alpha-2

• pwfsl_closestDistance – distance in meters from an official monitor

• pwfsl_closestMonitorID – identifer for the nearest official monitor

The "pwfsl", official, monitors are obtained from the USFS AirFire site using the PWFSLSmoke R package.

Usage

sensor_isSensor(sensor = NULL)

Arguments

sensor

sensor object

Value

TRUE if sensor has the correct structure, FALSE otherwise.

Examples

example_sensor <- pat_createAirSensor(example_pat)
sensor_isSensor(example_sensor)

MazamaScience/AirSensor documentation built on April 28, 2023, 11:16 a.m.