Synoptic and meteorological characterisation of olive pollen transport in Córdoba province (south-western Spain)

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-34

  Hernández Ceballos, Miguel A ^a,c   García Mozo, Hermínia ^b   Adame, Joś Antonio ^a   Domínguez Vilches, Eugenio ^b   de la Morena, Benito A ^a   Bolívar, Juan Pedro ^c   Galán, Carmen ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Back trajectory; Meteorological conditions; Olive pollen; Synoptic conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650689878     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0306-4     Document Type: Article

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