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Get hourly data for DEFRA stations

Source: R/ukair_get_hourly_data.R
ukair_get_hourly_data.Rd

This function fetches hourly data from DEFRA's air pollution monitoring stations.

Usage

ukair_get_hourly_data(site_id = NULL, years = NULL)

Arguments

site_id

This is the ID of a specific site.

years

Years for which data should be downloaded.

Value

A data.frame containing hourly pollution data.

Details

The measurements are generally in \(\mu g/m^3\) (micrograms per cubic metre). To check the units, refer to the table of attributes (see example below). Please double check the units on the DEFRA website, as they might change over time.

Examples

 if (FALSE) {
 # Get data for 1 year
 output <- ukair_get_hourly_data("ABD", 2014)

 # Get data for multiple years
 output <- ukair_get_hourly_data("ABD", 2014:2016)

 # Get units
 attributes(output)$units

 }