EPA AirData ZIP File Links Metadata

This dataset contains metadata for all downloadable ZIP files from the EPA AirData website. The metadata includes file links, year, unit of analysis, analyte type, and human-readable descriptions.

Usage

epa_airdata_links

Format

A tibble with the following columns:

year

Year extracted from the filename (if present).

unit_of_analysis

Type of data aggregation (e.g., "daily", "hourly", "annual").

analyte

The pollutant or air quality measure extracted from the filename.

url

The full URL to download the ZIP file.

analyte_description

A human-readable description of the analyte.

Source

https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html

Examples

data(epa_airdata_links)
head(epa_airdata_links)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 5
#>   year  unit_of_analysis analyte         url                 analyte_description
#>   <chr> <chr>            <chr>           <chr>               <chr>              
#> 1 all   aqs              sites           https://aqs.epa.go… Monitoring sites m…
#> 2 all   aqs              monitors        https://aqs.epa.go… Air quality monito…
#> 3 2024  annual           conc_by_monitor https://aqs.epa.go… Annual concentrati…
#> 4 2024  annual           aqi_by_cbsa     https://aqs.epa.go… Annual AQI by Core…
#> 5 2024  annual           aqi_by_county   https://aqs.epa.go… Annual AQI by coun…
#> 6 2023  annual           conc_by_monitor https://aqs.epa.go… Annual concentrati…