Birch pollen emission and concentration forecasts significantly more precise than ever before

Pollen concentration forecasts compiled from atmosphere models can bring a great deal more precision to pollen forecasts, when compared to the solely measurement-based forecasts that have been compiled for people who have allergies.

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Researcher Pilvi Siljamo, tel. +358 29 539 4178, pilvi.siljamo@fmi.fi

M. Sofiev, P. Siljamo, H. Ranta, T. Linkosalo, S. Jaeger, A. Rasmussen, A. Rantio-Lehtimaki, E. Severova, J. Kukkonen, 2013. A numerical model of birch pollen emission and dispersion in the atmosphere. Description of the emission module. International Journal of Biometeorology, January 2013, Volume 57, Issue 1, pp. 45-58. DOI 10.1007/s00484-012-0532-z.

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