EPA Toolkit Usage
AQS Usage
python -m epa.aqs [-h]
[--years [YEARS ...]]
[--aggregation {annual,daily}]
--parameters PARAMETERS [PARAMETERS ...]
--destination DESTINATION
[--merge_years]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--years [YEARS ...], -y [YEARS ...]
Year or list of years to download. For example, the
following argument: `-y 1992:1995 1998 1999 2011
2015:2017` will produce the following list:
[1992,1993,1994,1995,1998,1999,2011,2015,2016,2017],
default: 1990:2020
--aggregation {annual,daily}, -a {annual,daily}
Whether to use annual or daily aggregation, default:
annual
--parameters PARAMETERS [PARAMETERS ...], -p PARAMETERS [PARAMETERS ...]
Parameter(s) to download, allowed mnemonic names:
NO2,OZONE,PM25,MAX_TEMP,MIN_TEMP or integer codes.
Example: `-p NO2 44201` will download Ozone and NO2.
Required for daily data, for annual data defaults to
all.
--destination DESTINATION, --dest DESTINATION, -d DESTINATION
Destination directory for the downloaded files
--merge_years Concatenate consecutive years in one file, default:
False
AirNow Usage
python -m epa.airnow
[-h] --parameters
{no2,ozone,pm25,pm10,co,so2,NO2,OZONE,PM25,PM10,CO,SO2}
[{no2,ozone,pm25,pm10,co,so2,NO2,OZONE,PM25,PM10,CO,SO2} ...]
[--destination DESTINATION] --start_date START_DATE --end_date END_DATE
[--reset] [--qc] [--cfg CFG] [--shapes SHAPES [SHAPES ...]]
[--api_key API_KEY] [--years [YEARS [YEARS ...]]] [--compress]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--parameters {no2,ozone,pm25,pm10,co,so2,NO2,OZONE,PM25,PM10,CO,SO2} [{no2,ozone,pm25,pm10,co,so2,NO2,OZONE,PM25,PM10,CO,SO2} ...], -p {no2,ozone,pm25,pm10,co,so2,NO2,OZONE,PM25,PM10,CO,SO2} [{no2,ozone,pm25,pm10,co,so2,NO2,OZONE,PM25,PM10,CO,SO2} ...]
EPA AirNow Parameter Codes
--destination DESTINATION, --dest DESTINATION, -d DESTINATION
Destination directory for the downloaded files,
default: None
--start_date START_DATE, --start-date START_DATE, --from START_DATE
First date in the range to download (inclusive)
--end_date END_DATE, --end-date END_DATE, --to END_DATE
Last date in the range to download (inclusive)
--reset Discard previously downloaded data if exists, default:
True
--qc Perform basic data QC, default: True
--cfg CFG An optional path to config file, default: None
--shapes SHAPES [SHAPES ...]
An optional path to shape files, default: None
--api_key API_KEY AirNow API Key, default: None
--years [YEARS [YEARS ...]], -y [YEARS [YEARS ...]]
Year or list of years to download. For example, the
following argument: `-y 1992:1995 1998 1999 2011
2015:2017` will produce the following list:
[1992,1993,1994,1995,1998,1999,2011,2015,2016,2017] ,
default: 1990:2020
--compress, -c Use gzip compression for the result, default: True