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06 Jun 2016
Research article |
| 06 Jun 2016
Near-surface and columnar measurements with a micro pulse lidar of atmospheric pollen in Barcelona, Spain
Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
Barcelona, Spain
Ciències i Tecnologies de l'Espai – Centre de Recerca de
l'Aeronàutica i de l'Espai/Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
(CTE-CRAE/IEEC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona,
Spain
Rebeca Izquierdo
Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(UPC), c/Urgell 187, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Marta Alarcón
Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(UPC), c/Urgell 187, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Jordina Belmonte
Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia,
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Edifici C, 08193 Bellaterra,
Spain
Institut de Ciencia i Tecnología Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Edifici Z, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Adolfo Comerón
Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
Barcelona, Spain
José Maria Baldasano
Earth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro
Nacional de Supercomputación, Barcelona, Spain
Environmental Modeling Laboratory, Technical University of Catalonia,
Barcelona, Spain
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For the first time the concentration of pollen grains was measured on an hourly basis during a 5-day pollination event in Barcelona, Spain, while at the same time the pollen dispersion in the atmosphere was measured also continuously by a lidar (laser radar) system. The intensity of the pollen dispersion revealed to be strongly correlated with the solar radiation reaching the Earth.
For the first time the concentration of pollen grains was measured on an hourly basis during a...
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