Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 45-58Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0532-z
Keywords
Birch pollen; Pollen emission; Pollen forecasting; Dispersion modelling
Funding
- FP7 project HIALINE
- FP7 project MACC
- FP7 project PASODOBLE
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A birch pollen emission model is described and its main features are discussed. The development of the model is based on a double-threshold temperature sum model that describes the propagation of the flowering season and naturally links to the thermal time models to predict the onset and duration of flowering. For the flowering season, the emission model considers ambient humidity and precipitation rate, both of which suppress the pollen release, as well as wind speed and turbulence intensity, which promote it. These dependencies are qualitatively evaluated using the aerobiological observations. Reflecting the probabilistic character of the flowering of an individual tree in a population, the model introduces relaxation functions at the start and end of the season. The physical basis of the suggested birch pollen emission model is compared with another comprehensive emission module reported in literature. The emission model has been implemented in the SILAM dispersion modelling system, the results of which are evaluated in a companion paper.
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