Journal article
Near-ground effect of height on pollen exposure
J Rojo, J Oteros, R Pérez-Badia, P Cervigón, Z Ferencova, AM Gutiérrez-Bustillo, KC Bergmann, G Oliver, M Thibaudon, R Albertini, D Rodríguez-De la Cruz, E Sánchez-Reyes, J Sánchez-Sánchez, AM Pessi, J Reiniharju, A Saarto, MC Calderón, C Guerrero, D Berra, M Bonini Show all
Environmental Research | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2019
Abstract
The effect of height on pollen concentration is not well documented and little is known about the near-ground vertical profile of airborne pollen. This is important as most measuring stations are on roofs, but patient exposure is at ground level. Our study used a big data approach to estimate the near-ground vertical profile of pollen concentrations based on a global study of paired stations located at different heights. We analyzed paired sampling stations located at different heights between 1.5 and 50 m above ground level (AGL). This provided pollen data from 59 Hirst-type volumetric traps from 25 different areas, mainly in Europe, but also covering North America and Australia, resulting ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The work was funded by ZAUM- Center of Allergy & Environment of the Technical University Munich/Helmholtzzentrum Munich and the Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care grant ePIN-Valid.