Measurement report: Characterization of the vertical distribution of airborne Pinus pollen in the atmosphere with lidar-derived profiles – a modeling case study in the region of Barcelona, NE Spain
Michaël Sicard,Oriol Jorba,Jiang Ji Ho,Rebeca Izquierdo,Concepción De Linares,Marta Alarcón,Adolfo Comerón,and Jordina Belmonte
CommSensLab, Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 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, 08034
Barcelona, Spain
This paper investigates the mechanisms involved in the dispersion, structure, and mixing in the vertical column of atmospheric pollen, using observations of pollen concentration obtained at the ground and its stratification in the atmosphere measured by a lidar (laser radar), as well as an atmospheric transport model and a simplified pollen module developed especially for this study. The largest pollen concentration difference between the ground and the layers above is observed during nighttime.
This paper investigates the mechanisms involved in the dispersion, structure, and mixing in the...
