Nepal Ministry of Forests and Environment Department of Environment
The Nepal Ministry of Forests and Environment Department of Environment provides air quality monitoring through its site at https://pollution.gov.np/. The portal has a country-wide dashboard and location specific dashboards.
The website dashboards are powered by an API: https://pollution.gov.np/gss/api/ but there does not seem to be any technical documentation to support the API.
Provides information on the parameters measured by station
- station_id - the unique station ID
[
{
"qc_rules": null,
"parameter_unit": {
"symbol": "°C",
"name": "Degree Centigrade",
"id": 1
},
"property": "Continuous",
"table": null,
"tolerance": 0,
"start_time": "00:00",
"interval": null,
"parameter_unit_id": 1,
"parameter_id": 3,
"name": "Air Temperature Inst",
"id": 1711
},...
]
Provides pollutant values for a given series_id and time period.
-
series_id (required) - this appears to be an identifier for both station and pollutant. e.g. 1676 provides the PM2.5 values for station #69 Hetauda
-
date_from (required) - a datetime (YYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS without timezone)
-
date_to (required) - a datetime (YYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS without timezone)
Returns a data array with objects containing a datetime and value. datetime is the minutely period (time-ending vs time-beginning is unclear) and is shown in UTC.
{
"parameter_name": "PM2.5 Inst",
"parameter_code": "PM2.5_I",
"series_name": "PM2.5 Inst",
"data": [
{
"datetime": "2023-08-04T00:00:00+00:00",
"value": 9.69999980927
},
{
"datetime": "2023-08-04T00:01:00+00:00",
"value": 11.1999998093
}...
]
}There is little to no information on the types of instruments used. More research is needed.