A mechanism for long distance transport of Ambrosia pollen from the Pannonian Plain

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-117

  Sikoparija B ^a   Skjoth C A ^b,c   Alm Kubler K ^d   Dahl, A ^e   Sommer, J ^f   Grewling, L ^g   Radisic P ^a   Smith, M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f Asthma and Allergy Association   (Denmark)

^g ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airborne pollen dispersal; Foehn; HYSPLIT; Kosava wind; Ragweed

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; OROGRAPHY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLLEN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

CARPATHIANS; PANNONIAN BASIN; POLAND;

EID: 84879714602     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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