Package 'openair'

importMeta 59importMetaImport monitoring site meta dataDescriptionFunction to import meta data from UK air pollution monitoring sitesUsageimportMeta(source = "aurn", all = FALSE)ArgumentssourceallThe data source for the meta data. Can be "aurn", "kcl" or "saqn"; upper orlower case.When all = FALSE only the site code, site name, latitude and longitude andsite type are imported. Setting all = TRUE will import all available meta data.DetailsThis function imports site meta data from three networks in the UK: the Defra Automatic Urban andRural Network (AURN), King’s College London networks and the Scottish Air Quality Network.The meta data includes site location (latitude, longitude and OS easting and northing — the latterfor KCL networks), site type and it’s start/close data, as well as other information.The meta information can usefully be combined with matching air pollution data and produce mapsof concentration — see examples below. Note if many sites and/or years of hourly data are importedit may be better to aggregate first and then combine with the meta data information.Thanks go to Dr Ben Barratt (KCL) and Trevor Davies (AEA) for making these data available.ValueA data frame with meta data.Author(s)David CarslawSee AlsoimportAURN, importKCL and importSAQN for importing air quality data from each network, andGoogleMapsPlot for plotting concentrations on a map.