monitor_ar_retrieve_met: Download meteorological parameters from Monitor Ar program

In quishqa/qualR: An R package to download São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro air pollution data

Download meteorological parameters from Monitor Ar program

Description

This function download the main meteorological parameters from one air quality station (AQS) of Monitor Ar network. It will pad out the date with missing data with NA.

Usage

monitor_ar_retrieve_met(
  start_date,
  end_date,
  aqs_code,
  verbose = TRUE,
  to_local = TRUE,
  to_csv = FALSE,
  csv_path = ""
)

Arguments

start_date	Date to start downloading in dd/mm/yyyy.
end_date	Date to end downloading in dd/mm/yyyy.
aqs_code	Code of AQS. See monitor_ar_aqs.
verbose	Print query summary.
to_local	Date information in local time. TRUE by default.
to_csv	Create a csv file. FALSE by default.
csv_path	Path to save the csv file.

Value

data.frame with Temperature (c), Relative Humidity (%), Wind speed (m/s) and direction (degrees) and Pressure information.

Examples

## Not run: 
# Downloading meteorological data from CENTRO AQS
# from January first to 7th of 2020
start_date <- "01/01/2020"
end_date <- "07/01/2020"
ca_met <- monitor_ar_retrieve_met(start_date, end_date, "CA")

## End(Not run)

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