Changes in concentration of Alternaria and Cladosporium spores during summer storms

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 759-768

  Grinn Gofroń, Agnieszka ^a   Strzelczak, Agnieszka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Artificial neural networks; Cladosporium; Fungal spores; Ozone; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLAND; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WEATHER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ALTERNARIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLADOSPORIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLAND; SEASONS; SPORES, FUNGAL; WEATHER;

EID: 84881612068     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0604-0     Document Type: Article

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