Numerical simulation of birch pollen dispersion with an operational weather forecast system

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 805-814

  Vogel, Heike ^a   Pauling, Andreas ^b   Vogel, Bernhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Operational pollen forecast; Pollen dispersion

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIRCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METEOROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; POLLEN; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WEATHER;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; BETULA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLLEN; SEASONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WEATHER;

EID: 54349119498     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-008-0174-3     Document Type: Article

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