The impact of meteorological conditions on the concentration of alder pollen in Sosnowiec (Poland) in the years 1997–2017

Dąbrowska-Zapart, Katarzyna; Chłopek, Kazimiera; Niedźwiedź, Tadeusz

doi:10.1007/s10453-018-9524-8

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“…As a result, there have been numerous studies concerned with seasonal pollen concentrations, the impact of weather, and modelling of airborne alder pollen (Rodriguez-Rajo et al 2009;Nowosad et al 2018). In a temperate climate, the average start dates of the Alnus pollen season are highly variable, ranging from December to March or April (Jantunen et al 2012;Gehrig et al 2015;Dąbrowska-Zapart et al 2018). In Poland, the pollen season starts on average at the beginning of March and lasts until the second half of April, while maximum pollen concentrations occur during the last 10 days of March (Nowosad et al 2015).…”

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Alder pollen concentrations in the air during snowfall

Kasprzyk

Borycka

2019

Int J Biometeorol

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The focus of our study was airborne alder pollen because it is one of the main causes of inhalant allergies in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. The main research setback was pollen concentrations during snowfall. Analyses from a 21-year database showed that the hourly patterns of occurrence of airborne Alnus pollen during snowfall differ. Snowfall can cause a decrease in pollen concentrations in the air that may persist for several hours. However, during the snowfall period of 2018, an increase in pollen concentrations was observed. High temperatures during the days preceding snowfall stimulate thermal currents, and pollen could become airborne. During snowfall, airborne pollen grains are supposedly washed out of the atmosphere and numerous pollen grains are deposited on the snow surface. Hypotheses about the long-distance transport of pollen have also been verified. Back-trajectory analysis has revealed that air masses from Belarus and Ukraine were transported to Rzeszow. We found that the influence of snowfall on pollen concentrations is ambiguous and individuals prone to allergies also notice symptoms on days with snowfall and temperatures below zero.

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Alder pollen concentrations in the air during snowfall

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Borycka

2019

Int J Biometeorol

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“…Her analysis has shown that even a small increase in temperature or more sunlight favours pollination and an earlier start to the season of Corylus (Kasprzyk 2010). Pollen grain concentration is sensitive to temperature, which was confirmed by Dąbrowska-Zapart et al (2018) for Alnus and by Gottardini and Cristofolini (1997) for Corylus. In our study, we observed the negative significant correlation between Corylus pollen concentrations and daily minimum temperature.…”

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“…Malkiewicz et al (2016) stated that with regard to the presence of Alnus and Corylus pollen in the air, the greatest influence has thermal factor. According to Dąbrowska-Zapart et al (2018), except the temperature, their studies showed also a statistically significant correlation coefficient between the amount of alder pollen grains and the weather front type. Puc and Kasprzyk (2013) compared pollen concentration and the meteorology for two cities in Poland (Szczecin and Rzeszów).…”

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“…The pollen season strongly depends on meteorology (Puc 2007;Puc and Kasprzyk 2013;Sofiev et al 2013;Malkiewicz et al 2016;Dąbrowska-Zapart et al 2018) as well as the type of land cover (Myszkowska et al 2010;Charalampopoulos et al 2018). Air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction influence the length and intensity of pollen release and concentration in the air (Nowosad et al 2015).…”

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“…The correlation between meteorological factors and pollen concentration has been investigated, for example, by Piotrowska-Weryszko (2013), Puc et al (2015), Dąbrowska-Zapart et al (2018) and Majeed et al (2018). Malkiewicz et al (2016) stated that with regard to the presence of Alnus and Corylus pollen in the air, the greatest influence has thermal factor.…”

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The variability of pollen concentrations at two stations in the city of Wrocław in Poland

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The aim of the study was to investigate the variability of Alnus and Corylus pollen concentrations at two stations located in the city of Wrocław, Poland-one at the city centre and the other 4 km from the city centre. Our goal was to compare measurements from these stations in relation to meteorology and land cover. We used Spearman's correlation coefficient to investigate any dependence between meteorological factors and pollen concentration. Additionally, to check the relation between the direction of inflow of air masses and pollen concentration, we calculated the backward trajectories using the HYSPLIT model. The results have shown that despite the short distance between the stations, the characteristic of the pollen season is different for both stations (i.a. date of start and end of pollen season, duration of the season). The Spearman's correlation coefficient between relative humidity and air temperature and pollen concentration was found to be statistically significant. The backward trajectories calculated with HYSPLIT suggested a different origin of air masses between stations for high-concentration episodes in the case of Alnus. Our study has shown that analysis of meteorological conditions and influence of air transport into pollen concentration makes it possible to ascertain the reasons for differences in pollen level at these two stations, both of which are located in the same climatological domain. The study also shows that the aerobiological condition may change significantly over a short distance, which is a major challenge, for example, for pollen emission, transport, and concentration modelling.Keywords Pollen Á HYSPLIT Á Meteorological conditions Á Back-trajectories IntroductionCorylus (hazel) and Alnus (alder) are trees which release first pollen grains that are measured in the air of Poland each year (Puc and Kasprzyk 2013). According to research conducted by Rapiejko et al. (2007) in Poland, the first symptoms of allergy of sensitized people to these taxa appear in low concentrations of pollen: for hazel, the threshold value is 35 pollen grains per cubic meter of air (pollen grains m -3 ) and for alder 45 pollen grains m -3 , whereas symptoms for all sensitized people are observed at slightly higher pollen concentration amounting to 80 pollen grains m -3 in the case of Corylus and 85 pollen grains m -3 in the case of Alnus.

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Association between Japanese cedar and cypress pollen counts and climate factors over a 10-year period in Tsu city, Japan

Shah

Takeuchi

2020

Aerobiologia

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The impact of meteorological conditions on the concentration of alder pollen in Sosnowiec (Poland) in the years 1997–2017

Cited by 18 publications

References 52 publications

Alder pollen concentrations in the air during snowfall

Alder pollen concentrations in the air during snowfall

The variability of pollen concentrations at two stations in the city of Wrocław in Poland

Association between Japanese cedar and cypress pollen counts and climate factors over a 10-year period in Tsu city, Japan

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