aqs_daily_summary_by_box
Retrieve daily air quality summaries for monitoring sites within a geographic bounding box, including pollutant levels, AQI values, and statistical data for specified date ranges.
Instructions
Get daily summary air quality data for all monitoring sites within a geographic bounding box. Daily summaries include arithmetic mean, maximum values, observation counts, and AQI values for each day. Specify the bounding box using minimum and maximum latitude/longitude coordinates.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Email address registered with EPA AQS API. Optional if AQS_EMAIL environment variable is set. | ||
| key | No | API key from EPA AQS. Optional if AQS_API_KEY environment variable is set. | |
| param | Yes | Parameter code (e.g., 44201 for Ozone, 88101 for PM2.5, 42401 for SO2, 42101 for CO, 42602 for NO2). Multiple codes can be comma-separated (max 5). | |
| bdate | Yes | Begin date in YYYYMMDD format (e.g., 20230101). | |
| edate | Yes | End date in YYYYMMDD format (e.g., 20230131). Must be in the same calendar year as bdate. | |
| minlat | Yes | Minimum latitude of the bounding box (southern boundary). Range: -90 to 90. | |
| maxlat | Yes | Maximum latitude of the bounding box (northern boundary). Range: -90 to 90. | |
| minlon | Yes | Minimum longitude of the bounding box (western boundary). Range: -180 to 180. | |
| maxlon | Yes | Maximum longitude of the bounding box (eastern boundary). Range: -180 to 180. |