An algorithm and a device for counting airborne pollen automatically using laser optics

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 7987-7993

  Kawashima, Shigeto ^a   Clot, Bernard ^b   Fujita, Toshio ^c   Takahashi, Yuichi ^d   Nakamura, Kimihito ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c Yamato Engineering Company Ltd   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne pollen; Automatic pollen monitoring; Concentration; Semiconductor laser

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

AIRBORNE POLLENS; AUTOMATIC POLLEN MONITORING; COMPUTER PROCESSING; LASER LIGHT;

LASER OPTICS;

ALGORITHM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; LASER METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLER; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; LASER; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; POACEAE; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED; URTICACEAE;

AMBROSIA; POACEAE; URTICACEAE;

EID: 35648989000     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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