Air Quality Data Preparation

This script takes a txt file of air quality data generated from instrument X, extracts the date, rounds the variables, and writes it to a csv file.

Requirements

Operating system

Windows 11

Software version

Python 3.11.4

Dependencies

• pandas 1.5.3
• numpy 1.24.3

How to use this code

Install the requirements above, or import the computational environment with conda: conda env export > environment.yml

To run the analysis as-is, run python process_data.py. A new output file will appear in results

To re-run the analysis on new data:

1. Add a new data file to the data folder. The data file must be a text file with 4 unnamed columns that correspond to "seconds_since_midnight_utc", "atmospheric_pressure_hpa", "hcl_mixing_ratio_ppbv", and "o3_mixing_ratio_ppbv". The filename must have the format experiment_YYYYMMDD.txt
2. Update the path to the data as described in the code.
3. Run python process_data.py. A new output file with the filename experiment_YYYYMMDD.csv will appear in results