Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on grass pollen counts in Europe

Aerobiologia

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-332

  Smith, Matt ^a,b   Emberlin, Jean ^a   Stach, Alicja ^b   Rantio Lehtimäki, Auli ^c   Caulton, Eric ^d   Thibaudon, Michel ^e   Sindt, Charlotte ^e   Jäger, Siegfried ^f   Gehrig, Regula ^g   Frenguelli, Giuseppe ^h   Jato, Victoria ⁱ   Rajo, F Javier Rodríguez ⁱ   Alcázar, Purificación ^j   Galán, Carmen ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e European Aerobiology Society and Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique   (France)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Aerobiology; Cluster analysis; Grass pollen; Latitude; North Atlantic Oscillation; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GRASS POLLEN; METEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

EID: 70350591851     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-009-9136-4     Document Type: Article

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