US_AQI {AirMonitor}

US EPA AQI Index levels, names, colors and action text

Description

Official, US EPA AQI levels, names, colors and action text are provided in a list for easy coloring and labeling.

Usage

US_AQI

Format

A list with named elements

Details

AQI breaks and associated names and colors

Breaks

Breakpoints are given in units reported for each parameter and include:

• breaks_AQI

• breaks_CO

• breaks_NO2

• breaks_OZONE_1hr

• breaks_OZONE_8hr

• breaks_PM2.5

• breaks_PM10

Colors

Several different color palettes are provided:

• colors_EPA – official EPA AQI colors

• colors_subdued – subdued colors fo use with leaflet maps

• colors_deuteranopia – color vision impaired colors

Names

Names of AQI categories are provided in several languages identified by the ISO 639-2 alpha-3 code:

• names_eng

• names_spa

Actions

Text for "actions to protect yourself" are provided for each category in several languages identified by the ISO 639-2 alpha-3 code:

• actions_eng

• actions_spa

Currently supported languages include English (eng) and Spanish (spa).

AQI breaks are defined at https://www.airnow.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/aqi-technical-assistance-document-sept2018.pdf and are given in units appropriate for each pollutant.

AQI colors are defined at https://docs.airnowapi.org/aq101

Note

The low end of each break category is used as the breakpoint.

Examples

print(US_AQI$breaks_AQI)
print(US_AQI$colors_EPA)
print(US_AQI$names_eng)
print(US_AQI$names_spa)