Aerobiology
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biometeorology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2019) | Viewed by 736
Special Issue Editor
Interests: pollen; allergy; health impacts of bioaerosols; plant reproductive ecology; phenology; pollination biology; airborne bioaerosol detection and monitoring
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Dear Colleagues,
Optimizing bioaerological monitoring networks: can we define the spatial coverage of a sampling station?
Pollen and spore monitoring networks can be important providers of information to be used in forecasting and communication of air quality, risk for adverse health reactions, and plant pathogen attacks. Results from their long-term operation support research into impacts of climate parameters, land-use changes, and environmental exposure. In order for the information to be accurate, the representativeness of each monitoring station must be defined when the network is established, applying a bottom-up approach. Contributions could, e.g., be studies where the following questions are addressed: In which area are forecasts and warnings based on the results from a certain station relevant? What are the relationships between spatial and temporal variation in concentration at the measuring site with prevailing air masses, vegetation cover, and the footprints of nearby and distant sources? What is the best sampling strategy as to the documentation of this variation? How do plants of different height and life-form differ as pollen sources?
Dr. Åslög Dahl
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Pollen
- Fungal spores
- Allergy
- Asthma
- Respiratory disease
- Plant pathogens
- Aerobiological monitoring networks
- Pollen/spore emission
- Pollen/spore production
- Concentration (parameters)
- Source distribution
- Biogeography
- Landscape
- Land use
- Vegetation cover
- Spatial variation
- Geographic distribution
- Geographic information systems
- Prevailing weather systems
- Regional climate
- Atmospheric transport
- Trajectory analysis
- Remote sensing
- Biogeographical representativeness
- Monitoring location/stations
- Air sampling
- Monitoring/instrumentation/methods
- Information systems
- Warning systems
- Forecasts
- Health education
