RT Journal Article
T1 Near-ground effect of height on pollen exposure
A1 Rojo Úbeda, Jesús
A1 Oteros, Jose
A1 Pérez-Badia, Rosa
A1 Cervigón, Patricia
A1 Ferencova, Zuzana
A1 Gutiérrez Bustillo, Adela Montserrat
A1 Bergmann, Karl-Christian
A1 Oliver, Gilles
A1 Thibaudon, Michel
A1 Albertini, Roberto
A1 Rodríguez-De la Cruz, David
A1 Sánchez-Reyes, Estefanía
A1 Sánchez-Sánchez, José
A1 Pessi, Ana-Mari
A1 Reiniharju, Jukka
A1 Saarto, Annika
A1 Calderón, Carmen
A1 Guerrero, César
A1 Berra, Daniele
A1 Bonini, Maira
A1 Chiodini, Elena
A1 Fernández-González, Delia
A1 García, José
A1 Trigo, María del Mar
A1 Myszkowska, Dorota
A1 Fernández-Rodríguez, Santiago
A1 Tormo-Molina, Rafael
A1 Damialis, Athanasios
A1 Kolek, Franziska
A1 Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia
A1 Severova, Elena
A1 Caeiro, Elsa
A1 Ribeiro, Helena
A1 Magyar, Donat
A1 Makra, Laszlo
A1 Udvardy, Orsolya
A1 Alcázar, Purificación
A1 Galán, Carmen
A1 Borycka, Katarzyna
A1 Kasprzyk, Idalia
A1 Newbigin, Ed
A1 Adams-Groom, Beverley
A1 Apangu, Godfrey
A1 Frisk, Carl
A1 Skjoth, Carsten
A1 Radisic, Predrag
A1 Sikoparija, Branko
A1 Celenk, Sevcan
A1 Schmidt-Weber, Carsten
A1 Buters, Jeroen
AB 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 in about 2,000,000 daily pollen concentrations analyzed. The daily ratio of the amounts of pollen from different heights per location was used, and the values of the lower station were divided by the higher station. The lower station of paired traps recorded more pollen than the higher trap. However, while the effect of height on pollen concentration was clear, it was also limited (average ratio 1.3, range 0.7–2.2). The standard deviation of the pollen ratio was highly variable when the lower station was located close to the ground level (below 10 m AGL). We show that pollen concentrations measured at >10 m are representative for background near-ground levels.
PB Elsevier
SN 0013-9351
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115925
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115925
LA eng
NO Rojo, Jesús, et al. «Near-Ground Effect of Height on Pollen Exposure». Environmental Research, vol. 174, julio de 2019, pp. 160-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.04.027.
NO Helmholtzzentrum
NO Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Gesundheit, Pflege und Prävention
DS Docta Complutense
RD 5 abr 2025