AQEval: R code for the analysis of discrete change in air quality time-series

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AQEval (Air Quality Evaluation) is an R package for the routine investigation of discrete changes in air quality time-series. The main functions, quantBreakPoints and quantBreakSegments, use a three-step method to find possible ‘points-of-change’, test these and quantify the most likely ‘points-of-change’ or ‘regions’ about them. Other key functions build on these to provide a workflow to measure smaller changes and/or changes in more complex environments.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Ropkins, K. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0294-6997 Walker, A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3979-0989 Philips, I. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1938-7842 Rushton, C.E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0159-5187 Clark, T. Tate, J.E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1646-6852
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Dates:	Published: 13 February 2026
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds)
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2026 13:54
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2026 13:54
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Open Journals
Identification Number:	10.21105/joss.08839
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:238112

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