ukaq is an R package for accessing air quality monitoring data from the United Kingdom. It is designed to be lightweight and low-dependency, making it useful for a wide range of users, including those working in resource-constrained environments or seeking seamless integration into existing workflows without the overhead of installing numerous additional packages.
Part of the openair toolkit
💡 Core Features
ukaq has a small number of core functions.
Flexible access to metadata from several hundred UK air pollution monitoring sites through
import_ukaq_meta().Straightforward importing of hourly data with controls for start and end dates, pollutants of interest, and flexibly appending site metadata.
Access to a myriad of pre-calculated statistics including daily, monthly, and annual averages, as well as statistics aligned with the UK Daily Air Quality Index.
📖 Documentation
All ukaq functions are fully documented; access documentation using R in your IDE of choice.
?ukaq::import_ukaq_metaDocumentation is also hosted online on the package website.
A guide to the openair toolkit can be found in the online book, which contains lots of code snippets, demonstrations of functionality, and ideas for the application of openair’s various functions.
🗃️ Installation
You can install the development version of ukaq from GitHub using pak:
# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("openair-project/ukaq")🏛️ ukaq is primarily maintained by Jack Davison.
📃 ukaq is licensed under the MIT License.
🧑💻 Contributions are welcome from the wider community. See the contributing guide and code of conduct for more information.